Word on the street is that a new super-collider in Europe has a nonzero chance of creating a black hole that could destroy the earth. One critic filing a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the operation of the project believes there is "a significant risk that ... operation of the Collider may have unintended consequences which could ultimately result in the destruction of our planet."
Well, I'll just have to add that to killer asteroids and every other cataclysm waiting to happen to the list of reasons I always seem to have trouble falling asleep at night. Fortunately, though, I don't have to spend many cycles on this issue, as there are many closer catastrophes that are a lot more likely to occur, like a global food shortage or oil shock. Oops, guess we're already there...
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The good news is that it would probably take several months for the black hole to swing back and forth through the Earth's core, collecting matter, before we all died. So at least we'd know why.
I know that most scientists have said that it's not going to happen, but since there are only a handful of people at any given time who understand the math, it's easy enough to imagine someone saying, "Ooooops. Forgot to carry the two."
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