How to Make a Particle Accelerator Fever

CERN is a wonderful example because it was created post World War II somewhat as a peace building project so in its remit or in its constitution is science for peace. CERN really is this amazing human project where we've learned to collaborate with thousands of people to achieve things that one certainly one lab can't do alone and one nation can’t do alone. Even if the technology doesn't float your boat I think the human collaboration aspect of it is something which most people find quite inspiring.