Higgs Boson Confirmed: "The Higgs boson proves the existence of the Higgs field--a field that permeates the entire universe and imparts the quality of mass to particles through the Higgs mechanism. Here is a good video that explains all that. And more background from an older New York Times article."... pretty darn significant."
In the video embedded below, CERN spokesman Prof. Joe Incandela explains the significance of the discovery and talks about what comes next."
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