NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN OVER UNLIKELY BLACK HOLES.(LOCAL)(CURIOSITIES)(Column)

From: The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: July 24, 2008 | Copyright information

Q. What's behind the claims that the new particle accelerator in Europe may create black holes that could destroy the Earth? Should we be worried?

A. When the Large Hadron Collider starts running this summer near Geneva, Switzerland, some physicists have predicted that some of its high-energy proton collisions could produce microscopic black holes.

Concerned about the ramifications of such black holes, two men filed a lawsuit in March in Hawaii contending safety concerns have not been adequately addressed at the facility.

But even if miniature black holes were created ...

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