Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) smashes together sub-atomic particles at nearly the speed of light, an unprecedented experiment that has some of the leading voices in the world of science - and religion - sounding the alarm on the risks involved. CERN is perhaps most famous for its discovery in 2012 of the elusive Higgs Boson [named after British physicist Peter Higgs who predicted its existence in 1964], the so-called 'God particle,' which allows other particles to build up mass as they pass through the Higgs field. Today, however, CERN is more famous – or perhaps infamous is the better word - for an experiment in which scientists played God in an effort to recreate the conditions immediately following the 'Big Bang' event that gave birth to the Universe millions of years ago. For those who are in the dark about CERN and the controversial objectives it hopes to achieve, here is a quick primer. 10. CERN is the world's biggest machine Straddling the French-Swiss border, the $9