"The world's largest scientific research facility-- Switzerland's Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleare (CERN)--recently succeeded in producing the first particles of antimatter. Antimatter is identical to physical matter except that it is composed of particles whose electric charges are opposite to those found in normal matter.
Antimatter is the most powerful energy source known to man. It releases energy with 100 percent efficiency (nuclear fission is 1.5 percent efficient). Antimatter creates no pollution or radiation, and a droplet could power New York for a full day.
There is, however, one catch...
Antimatter is highly unstabble. It ignites when it comes in contact with absolutely anything...even air. A single gram of antimatter contains the energy of a 20-kiloton nuclear bomb--the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Until recently antimatter has been created only in very small amounts (a few atoms at a time). But CERN has now broken ground on its new Antiproton Decelerator--an advanced antimatter antimatter production facility that promises to create antimatter in much larger quantities.
One question looms: Will this highly volatile substance save the world, or will it be used to create the most deadly weapon ever made?" - Angels and Demons by Dan Brown














First time I read this I couldn't help but sigh deeply and say, "wow." The technology and the knowledge of man kind these days have become extraordinarily massive. Every single day more and more information leaks out and creates more and more danger for us in the world. Are we really unlocking the mysteries of the universe or are we unlocking an evil that will rest on our conciense for decades to come?