In the world's most expensive science experiment, 5,000 scientists, engineers and technicians from nearly three dozen countries will attempt to test the Big Bang theory to understanding the beginning of time. The tests, to re-create what happened immediately after the Big Bang, will be conducted using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located underneath the French-Swiss border, in the European Organization for Nuclear Research laboratory -- better known by its French acronym CERN.

To bring life back to the historic part of Sicily, Salemi Mayor Vittorio Sgarbi offered old properties for only one euro. Sgarbi explained to Corriere della Sera, "In exchange for the token payment of one euro ($1. 44) we will offer them one of these houses and ask that they undertake to restore them within two years while respecting their original characteristics. "

A new regulation limiting alcohol orders and drinking in bars in the province took effect Friday. The new rules of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission set the minimum prices per ounce of spirits and liqueurs and per can of beer at $2. 75. The price of an ounce of wine will be at least 35 cents and an ounce of draft beer at least 16 cents.

A new air speed record was set at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Wednesday when pilot Jon Sharp flew 3 kilometers in just 18. 75 seconds. Sharp, who founded Nemesis Air Racing in Mojave, California with his wife Patricia in 1990, broke the 19-year-old record of 331 mph when his Nemesis NXT hit 356 mph on a speed run above thousands of fans. Crowds gathered to watch Sharp, who helped pioneer the design for neoteric experimental technology (NXT) kit aircraft, who will try again on Saturday to go even faster.

According to the findings of a new survey, most Americans are open to other forms of religion. A majority of them said that religion forms an important part of their life while others believed the way to salvation can assume different forms. The U. S. Religious Landscape Survey was carried out by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and revealed a spirit of tolerance among majority of Americans.