In March the Russians were suspended from their membership.
According to the House of Switzerland, the location was chosen “to host CERN to a large extent because of its neutrality and its safeguards against the misappropriation of scientific research results for military purposes”.
It continues: “This was especially important when the organization was established in 1954 because the world was just entering the Cold War.
“Switzerland offers other advantages including its location in the heart of Europe, its tradition as host country to international organizations and its stability.”
And CERN is also the birthplace of the Internet when a scientist wrote a paper explaining what he envisioned as “the World Wide Web.” But revealing that information leads to even more conspiracy theories.
