May 19, 2009

'Angels & Demons' May Help Physicists Explain What Matters

By Paul Basken

It’s not every day that scientific researchers need to defend themselves against charges of destroying humanity.

And yet, a group of several dozen physicists associated with the Large Hadron Collider may be getting pretty good at it.

Just eight months after fighting off accusations that their $10-billion particle-smashing project in Switzerland might create microscopic black holes that would devour