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How do you know when you've "discovered" a particle? What do we mean by "discovery"? Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com Minu... 
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At least two other particles could be masquerading as the God particle, according to a new analysis of the data from CERN...
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The Higgs Boson. What more need be said? Two more Higgs videos coming soon.
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Ever since the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) went online in 2008, physicists have been conducting experiments, hoping to finally prove or disprove the existence of The God Particle, otherwise known as the Higgs Boson.
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In December last year the Large Hadron Collider at CERN found evidence for the notorious Higgs boson — a subatomic particle whose existence is predicted by theoretical physics but which has never been spotted in the flesh. Also termed the god particle, the Higgs boson is said to have given other particles their mass. But how did it do that? In this two-part article we explore the so-called Higgs mechanism, starting with the humble bar magnet and ending with a dramatic transformation of the early Universe. Part 2: http://plus.maths.org/content/secret-symmetry-and-higgs-boson-part-ii
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It looks like we're nearing the endgame in the hunt for the Higgs boson, the missing elementary particle of the Standard Model. Its discovery will send shockwaves through the physics community and likely capture the public imagination.
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Nature.comPhysicists Find 'Hints' of Elusive Higgs BosonNPRPhysicist Joe Incandela discusses how the teams are closing in on data that may prove the theoretical particle, considered a building block for the universe, exists. Via José Gonçalves
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The discovery of the Higgs boson will complete the standard model — but it could also point the way to a deeper understanding, says Gordon Kane.
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The former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is playing an intriguing role in
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Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider say they may have glimpsed the fabled Higgs boson, but are not yet able to claim a discovery.
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For those who cannot follow the mathematics, belief in the Higgs is an act of faith, not of rationality. (...) I am an atheist, and I fully recognize science’s indispensable role in advancing human prospects in ways both abstract and tangible. Yet, whereas the Higgs discovery gives me no access to insight about the mystery of existence, a walk through the magnificent temples of Angkor offers a glimpse of the unknowable and the inexplicable beyond the world of our experience.
Sakis Koukouvis's comment,
August 22, 2012 12:28 PM
Thank you Fico for sharing with us your ideas and your experience.
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What is mass and what does it have to do with the Higgs Boson? Part I: http://dft.ba/-higgsPart1 Also, explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregis...
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In which we remind people of the Ten Commandments of the God Particle. Now with added footnotes. I I am the Higgs.
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LHC data confirm discovery, but not identity, of Higgs-like entity.
Physicists in Europe will present evidence of an entirely new particle on Wednesday, Nature has learned. But more data will be needed to officially confirm whether it is indeed the long-awaited Higgs boson — the particle thought to be behind the mass of all the others....
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To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson -- popularly known as the "God particle" -- that...
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Scientists in Illinois said they had crept closer to proving that the Higgs boson exists but had been unable to reach a definitive conclusion.
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What do the physicists who operate the LHC expect to find this year? Nothing more than the answers to our most puzzling physical questions. Among them are the existence of the Higgs boson as well as particles predicted to exist by a physics theory called supersymmetry.
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Physicists say they have found a bump in their data that might be the Higgs boson, a hypothesized particle that is responsible for endowing other elementary particles with mass.
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Physicists have searched for it for years, but what is the Higgs boson supposed to do, exactly?
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Firm evidence for the discovery of a Higgs particle has now been officially announced. This means the "Higgs ether" exists. But did not Einstein tell us that there is no ether? Poor Albert is getting punched hard these days.
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What do the search for the Higgs boson and the discovery of gallium metal have in common? It's about what we humans do: We look, we think, we build models of what we imagine is out there.
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Scientists are getting closer than ever to finding the elusive Higgs boson particle at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s CMS and ATLAS experiments.
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