The
Large Hadron Collider was
turned on today, and from what I can tell I'm still alive and in one piece - no black holes have sucked the life out of me yet. ;-)
The LHC has been the buzz of the internet - in fact, Google even updated their logo for the occasion:
If you're not familiar with the Hadron Collider, you can read about it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7604293.stm