The Large Hadron Collider went live in Europe today. It has caused a great many technophobes to worry that it would destroy the entire planet by creating mini-black holes that would then crush the world.

If you're interested in a brief summary of the concern that some of these protesters have put forth, you can read one at Skeptoid.com (which is a great site and podcast, by the way).

Anyway, to address the concerns of these individuals, a website has been set up to monitor the status of the LHC with regard to the destruction of our planet. You can find it here: http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com/.

Thanks to Luke McGuff for the tip. Oh, and Luke reminds us to "Hit refresh for up-to-the-second updates."

[Update!!!

Here's a webcam that shows how things are going at the LHC: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html.]