Doomsday Versus Discovery: How the Media Cover the Large Hadron Collider

Could the world's biggest particle collider possibly destroy the world? How do you explain the discoveries that may (or may not) be made at the Large Hadron Collider? The LHC has captured a level of public attention rarely seen in the physical sciences, in part because of the perception of risk and mystery. We look at how information distributed through traditional (and not-so-traditional) media has helped the LHC story go viral.