All of these articles about doomsday scenarios involving the LHC seems to point to the discover of the missing step:

1) Write obscure/specialised audience article
2) ?
3) Main stream readership


? = Add LHC blackhole to the title - sweet!!

The transformers that have developed trouble are the ones that were recycled from the LEP experiment. The positron and electron collider which resided the LHC tunnel during the 90s . Since they are always reclycling equipment, it makes things a bit more less stable. Cheers, A