The Large Hadron Collider: End of the world, or God's own particle? - Science, News - The Independent
The Independent offers this quick primer on the LHC: "The biggest, most expensive experiment in history is attracting both scientific hyperbole and hysteria. Some say it will reveal the universe's secrets and lead to the elusive Theory of Everything. A few fear that unleashing unimaginable power beneath the Swiss countryside will result in the end of the world. [...] The collisions start in October. Until then, at least, we're not all doomed."