Did you see the news item about fears of a micro black hole being created by the new Large Hadron Collider at the European particle physics laboratory (CERN) – a black hole that could eat up the Earth? Yeah, some dude in Hawaii was worried enough to sue them. Here it is: “Asking a Judge to Save the World, and Maybe a Whole Lot More”

Well anyway I just ran across a video from CERN – basically an advertisement for them. Cool but slightly scary in a sci-fi sort of way:

This (reassuring) article from Science Daily reflects the view of scientists that there’s no danger:

If The Large Hadron Collider Produced A Microscopic Black Hole, It Probably Wouldn’t Matter

Here are some good links about the Large Hadron Collider. There’s even an “outreach” site from CERN.:

Wired: Science

LHC Machine Outreach

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider website