Happy Large Hadron Collider (startup) Day!

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Happy Large Hadron Collider (startup) Day!

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Well, for better (or for some people) worse, the good ol' large hadron collider (LHC) started up today. It stand as the largest particle accelerator in history with some very unique sensors on board.

As some general info, they are doing research primarily to find the Higg's Boson, otherwise known as the "God Particle." This handy little boson is theoretically what gives matter its property of mass. It is a chargeless particle. Other bosons are what make up the weak nuclear forces. They also plan to do research on dark matter and antimatter. Cool stuff overall.

The downside is that many people were/are freaking out about it, saying that the things created could destroy the world :roll:. The scientists working on it and the folks at CERN even got death/bomb threats about starting it up. They even had people calling them, crying and wailing, to please not start it up. That being said, they finally told all of these people that the earth gets bombarded constantly with the kind of energy (and stronger) the LHC gives off--and that hasn't created black holes, armageddons, etc.

Anyway, here is the official site at CERN: http://www.cern.ch/lhc

also, http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html

Edit: forgot this. It's pretty funny--just about the geekiest rap song you could come up with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
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