the big question being discussed in anticipation of recreating the first split-second of the universe is whether the risk involved - of generating a mini black hole or a strangelet particle that could eat the Earth and everything beyond - is worth it.

this is an opinion discussion ..right?
Its absurd , they are just trying to join in a fraction of millisecond to recreate the early stage of the universe in something as size of a quark (Million times smaller than an atom..
to find the Z particle , ,So far these experiment being done many times before ,they are trying to see if all the four forces of nature where united in the early stages of the creation in a single force called Z
last decade they achieve enough probes that 2 seconds latter after the Big bang the baby universe have a single force, strong and weak nuclear forces ,Gravity, electromagnetism where once ONE single force (Z) ...
this article is absurd , this was copy exacly from a movie I saw(is in Spiderman 2 too

) ,its too small , the reaction and desity (infinity perhaps)will last a fractions of a millisecond..and I'm sure will be in the same french particle accelerator....