Say I'm Inside the Large Hadron Collider and It's Revving Up. Should I Be Concerned?

Friday, August 1, 2008 - 12:14 in Physics & Chemistry

Well, it's never a great idea to stand next to a machine that could create black holes, but the magnets that steer the proton beams around the planet's most powerful particle accelerator would probably spare you from excess radiation. Then again, there is the off chance that some 300 trillion protons could erupt from the device and kill you on the spot. read more

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