Yeah, but if the LHC kills us all... (Score 2, Funny)

... then this will be the LAST prize in subatomic particle physics! So maybe they're hedging their bets.

IMO, the prizes should almost always be shared. Nobody works in a vacuum* --they are all building on the work of the rest of the community. Seriously, the number of scientists who understand this stuff is vanishingly small*!

* Wow, the comedy just writes itself...