IT is the most ambitious and expensive civilian science experiment in history, using the biggest machine yet built. It has sparked alarmist fears that it might create a black hole that will tear the Earth apart, and it has triggered two last-minute legal attempts to stop it.
And next Wednesday, after almost two decades of planning and construction, the project in question will finally get under way.
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The Large Hadron Rap
