In popular culture

The Large Hadron Collider has been featured in a number of novels, including Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer, Black Hole by Angelo Paratico, and Decipher by Stel Pavlou, which described it in some detail. One of the most visible examples is Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, which involves dangerous antimatter created at the LHC used as a weapon against the Vatican. CERN published a "Fact or Fiction?" page discussing the accuracy of the book's portrayal of the LHC, CERN, and particle physics in general. The movie version of the book has footage filmed on-site at one of the experiments at the LHC; the director, Ron Howard, also met with CERN experts in an effort to make the science in the story more accurate. CERN employee Katherine McAlpine's "Large Hadron Rap"surpassed two million YouTube views on 10 September 2008.

BBC Radio 4 broadcast "Big Bang Day" on 10 September 2008 to coincide with the LHC being switched on. Included in this event was a radio episode of the TV series Torchwood, with a plot involving the LHC, entitled Lost Souls.

On 10 September, to commemorate the firing of the Large Hadron Collider, Google displayed a custom Google Doodle with a drawing of the LHC which linked to a web search for "Large Hadron Collider". It is a tradition for Google to change their logo to represent what they consider to be important or interesting events.[citation needed]

A 16-year-old girl from Sarangpur, Madhya Pradesh, India allegedly committed suicide after watching Indian news channels stating the possibility of Doomsday as the experiment begins