Or not. Check it out!
The LHC has finished cooling down, and is up and running; today, early in the European morning (which has a funny accent and drinks more expensive coffee than our bumpkin-y American mornins) particles were accelerated to 99.99% the speed of light, and sent hurdling around the 17 mile track in hopes of recreating the conditions that existed in the first few seconds after the Big Bang.
AND they did it without blowing up the universe, or creating hellish vortexes for Cthulhu to crawl through, or whatever else doomsday scenarios the nutjob anti-LHCers were talking about. Maybe those scientists knew what they were talkin' about after all, huh?
Anyway, it is an exciting day in the world of particle physics (specifically) and for humanity (more generally). Here's to learning more about our amazing universe!
And better luck next time, insane anti-science kooks!
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