Fermilab will have a major announcement (if leaks can be believed) on the god particle tomorrow on Wed, July 4.
Not sure what it is? Check out simple explanation on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIg1Vh7uPyw
I'm still not sure why its important. I get normal people won't understand the theorectical physics and math behind it (e.g. super symmetry, extra dimensions) ... other than for the geekiness factor, would like to know why is it relevant to us
Has the Higgs boson been found? Signs point to ... almost - Cosmic Log
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Discovery of the Higgs boson is the top objective for the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider, which was started up almost four years ago. Physicists have theorized about the particle and its associated Higgs field for four decades, working it in as a key part of the Standard Model, one of physics' most successful theories. The Higgs field is thought to be the mechanism that imparts mass to some particles while leaving other particles massless. What's more, the Higgs mechanism could serve as a gateway for going beyond the Standard Model and exploring way-out concepts such as supersymmetry and extra dimensions.
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