Inside the big-bang machine

"The future of particle physics is being built below ground, in a setting that's more appropriate for construction hardhats than lab coats. To get to the caverns where the world's most powerful particle collider is taking shape, you have to take an industrial-issue elevator down just one floor. But that floor is a doozy: it's about 100 meters below ground, roughly as deep as a 30-story building is tall." (2 pages)