The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest and most complex scientific undertaking ever attempted. Its results will determine the future directions of high-energy physics. The LHC produced 7 TeV proton-proton collisions in 2010 and 2011, and it is expected to produce 14 TeV proton-proton collisions in 2014. Currently it is ramping up for the upcoming run at 8 TeV (2012). In this talk I will discuss the science and technology of the high energy collisions and focus on the game-changing methodologies and results in the search for the new physics at the TeV scale.