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Awhile back, I sold data acquition and control hardware/software to a super collider in Long Island. Called the Phoenix project, its mission was to find "quark gluon plasma", the stuff that existed when the universe was born. One of the more controversial aspects of the program was that it would create mini black holes, which would eventually destroy the world.

Well, they never (to my knowledge) built up enough energy to find the plasma; they are relying on Cern to finish what they began. Ref: See Dan Brown.

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btw: I wrote a memo to my company that offered a disclaimer, stating that the warranty on our products would be voided in the event that the lab blew up the world.