Today’s Guardian has an article about Cern’s new Large Hadron Collider, which has now begun construction. This comment caught my eye:

The project may prise open extra dimensions and create baby black holes

You know, baby black holes have a habit of eating things, and growing bigger…

Of course I’m not the only one to have thought of that:

Cern officials are keen to point out that there is no reason to be alarmed by artificial black holes. “You should not deduce that we are ready to build a black hole and Cern along with the planet will disappear, although this is a letter I receive every week,” said Robert Aylmar, head of Cern.

But hey, no week should pass without a new media flap about how we are all going to die, right?