[Robh (Rob)]

The Sun-Herald had a few articles about the "atom smasher" today. Wrote about its cost (over 6 billion dollars Australian), the problems getting it up and running, "the God particle" (Higgs boson) and, of course, the conjecture the project is being sabotaged from the future. The potential for disaster (e.g. the Earth being sucked into a man-made black hole) makes it popular reading. Apparently, some of the project scientists have received threatening emails demanding they stop the "doomsday machine" experiments. All rather intriguing and an interesting commentary on human psychology (rational or irrational).

Rob.