Big Bang, Nataraj and end of the world

The “Big Bang” experiment seems to have started well and I am still able to write and post this…which can only mean that the world has not come to an end …

I feel sorry for the girl who apparently committed suicide over fears of the world going up in smoke…(as an aside, I think this matter needs to be thoroughly investigated…I find this hard to believe…

Her father, identified on local television as Biharilal, said that his daughter, Chayya, killed herself after watching doomsday predictions made on Indian news programmes.

“In the past two days, Chayya had asked me and other relatives about the world coming to an end on Sept. 10,” Biharilal was quoted as saying.

“We tried to divert her attention and told her she should not worry about such things, but to no avail,” he said. [ link ]

If true, her parents and relatives need a crash course in basic science and perhaps our TV channels need to show some balance:

For the past two days, many Indian news channels held discussions airing doomsday predictions over a huge particle-smashing machine buried under the Swiss-French border

On a related note, courtesy Offstumped , I stumbled upon these beautiful images of Bhagwaan Shiva Nataraj at CERN.

For the more curious amongst you, here is a Q&A with Professor Brian Cox, one of the LHC scientists at Cern about the project and why was the experiment done.

Image courtesy: Givanni Chiercio at fritjofcapra.net