Well, the Large Hadron Collider made its first successful run this morning, and the world hasn't been sucked into a voracious black hole yet. Huzzah! For those who haven't heard of the LHC, it's basically the biggest, coolest, and most expensive science experiment ever built. Physicists from around the globe came together to create this machine, which is capable of re-creating the "big bang" in a carefully controlled setting that can be easily measured. The scientists working on this impressive project believe that that results from Large Hadron Collider experiments will completely revolutionize our understanding of the universe!
On Large Hadron Collider Power-Up Day, celebrate the achievements of physicists that are smarter than all of us with a bottle of wine and some party food! Let's wish them the best of luck with their new machine and hope they find out some information that can help improve our lives. Considering CERN, the agency coordinating the entire LHC experiment, invented the Internet — I'm expecting some awesome results!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Large Hadron Collider Power-up Day!
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Gosh, it's just a big atom smasher, and the possibility of something dangerous to happen is too small for that something to happen ;) If it would have been real risk, scientists would inform us, or take measures against it, or, after all, never would have thought of taking this idea to reality. So stop worrying, listen to common sense and do not let this rumor by fools take over your mind. There are very little people, who really believe it's dangerous - http://www.votetheday.com/polls/worlds-largest-particle-accelerator-experiment-214/, but looks like panic is a very hazardous thing, ha?
Point well taken. I'm just happy to celebrate the chance at furthering advancement of science. We know that the LHC doesn't pose any kind of threat to humanity, but it's fun to pretend ;)
Check out the article the I linked to in the post: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080904220342.html. It's really a great read.
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