
Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?
. . . which neatly leads into:
Hysteria over LHC reaches critical mass | Edger
The BBC has been as guilty as anyone in its general news bulletins, though Radio 4 put out some good coverage - Engineering Solutions with Adam Hart-Davis, in particular:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00d9yz3

After the above link expires, download an mp3 from RapidShare here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/341848048/EngineeringSolutions_BBCR4i-20080910.mp3
Finally, also from Adam Hart-Davis:
Large Hadron Collider: Why we're all in love with the 'God particle' machine - Telegraph