Particle physics give me a Hadron

A lot of people seem to be fairly worried about whether the Large Hadron Collider is going to destroy the world. The simple answer to this is: probably not? However, I am no expert in these kinds of things.

My friend Joe Gillard is, however! Let’s ask him? (that link goes to one of his PhD papers which isn’t quite based on this, but does feature Superstring Vacua and Superstrings and Heterotic Strings, according to its keywords… good bedtime reading!)

Also, Ryan Howse has provided me with a simple and yet incredibly useful website link to check the current status of, um, our planet: has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the Earth dot com!