In September, Europe’s Large Hadron
Collider (LHC) will smash together sub-atomic particles at nearly the
speed of light, an unprecedented experiment that has some of the leading
voices in the world of science – and religion – sounding the alarm on
the risks involved.
CERN is perhaps most famous for its
discovery in 2012 of the elusive Higgs Boson [named after British
physicist Peter Higgs who predicted its existence in 1964], the
so-called ‘God particle,’ which allows other particles to build up mass
as they pass through the Higgs field.
Today, however, CERN is more famous – or
perhaps infamous is the better word – for an upcoming experiment in
which scientists will play God in an effort to recreate the conditions
immediately following the ‘Big Bang’ event that gave birth to the
Universe millions of years ago.
For those who are in the dark about CERN and the controversial objectives it hopes to achieve, here is a quick primer.
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