Those Sixty Symbols people have been to CERN asking the big question: "What would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider?" Their previous answers featured in Health and Safety in Particle Physics II, as did my quick guess. Here's what they got this time:

They get some pretty credible answers. And I reckon my guess was about right, if you add the word "fatal" in there somewhere.

I really hope this is not a trilogy, where in the final one they actually try it...

Since I come here most weeks, I sometimes forget what an impact coming to CERN can have. Two things impress, in my experience. First of all, above ground it is quite downbeat. Adam expresses it well here.

... check out Mike Paterson's "Stig of the dump" views of our working environment about 2mins in. But then, when you go below ground where the action is, just look at Ed's face:

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But from where I am, it's a wooden eco-friendly globe in the middle distance. I wonder how many people think that thing is a nuclear reactor? It's not. It's a big wooden globe. We got it free from the Swiss government, I think.

PS. In case there are any avid Life & Physics followers out there, don't miss the limited edition B-side featuring optics, and virgins with dodgy names.