Bang.

Was perusing CNN.com this morning, and stumbled on the following lead story: Big Bang Experiment Creates Excitement, Fear. Even if understanding most of science is beyond your comprehension (as it is mine) you can't be a citizen of this world and not be intrigued by a headline like that.

The story is about the team of scientists, working underground, 300 feet beneath Geneva Switzerland, that has created the first Large Hadron Collider. Aside from being one of the most expensive ($10 B) and ambitious scientific experiments ever, the Colider is being dubbed "the most advanced and complex machine ever built in the history of mankind."

They plan to turn it on 2 days from now, on September 10th.

During one of the videos the team made, the voiceover says the following: "Please don't turn off your television. Because if you do that, it's... like turning off your television when man landed on the moon. Really."

Okay, guys. You've got my attention.

Since the science is way over my head, this video can explain it better than I ever could.



They even made a rap about it.



"I think we are on the verge of a revolution in our understanding of the universe," says one of the scientists. "The LHC is by far the biggest jump into the unknown."

When I was little, I thought that adults knew everything about everything. Having grown up since then, it's been times like these along the way that have suited to keep me constantly reminded that no one knows anything about anything.

It's times like these that make life exciting, to know that you're living while there's this momentous occasion in history unfolding as you breathe. But some aren't so excited. They think the LHC might tear the fabric of space time and thus destroy the universe in a flash, or create a black hole that eats the whole world:



The truth remains to be seen this Wednesday. If we're all still here, I'll post again.

dubs. out.