ABSTRACT

SCIENCE: Nothing escapes you, does it! But you know, the black hole was the usual press hype … And remember, traffic to the physics institutes’ websites broke all records at the time …

SOCIETY: Well, they will have been interested too because it brought a lot of publicity … I remember reading an interview with that famous physicist … whatshisname … you know who I mean … But tell me about this new accelerator: what’s it for exactly?