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The Large Hadron Collider is the most amazing piece of machinery every created. Basically, it's one massive racetrack for particles. Think quantum NASCAR with a demolition derby tossed in for good measure.

But it's the crashing that has two nuts concerned. They claim that the world might end this summer when CERN fires up their beast and creates black holes and stranglets. So, as any wacko will do, they've filed a lawsuit (in Hawaii) to stop it.

The NY Times covered the story and way at the end a CERN scientist had this to say.

Dr. Arkani-Hamed said concerning worries about the death of the Earth or universe, “Neither has any merit.” He pointed out that because of the dice-throwing nature of quantum physics, there was some probability of almost anything happening. There is some minuscule probability, he said, “the Large Hadron Collider might make dragons that might eat us up.”

[Ref: NY Times]

If dragons appear, this is what we can expect:

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