Under the French/Swiss Alps they are putting the finishing touches on the atom smasher, which will begin operating early next year. The purpose of this multi-billion dollar effort is to peer into the origins of the Universe, to see what was happening just moments after the Big Bang. Now I just wonder how they can do that without causing another Big Bang and thus bringing the Universe right back to square one. So if we are still here by the middle of next year, it could mean that they failed in their ambition. But if they succeed and another Big Bang is replicated, is that really the end? Does it mean that the circle just goes back to its origins and the whole of cosmic history just does a re-loop? Only a few billion years worth of time can tell......