Higgs-Boson particle likely found. Expected to be announced on Weds.
 

God particle is 'found': Scientists at Cern expected to announce Higgs boson particle has been discovered on Wednesday | Mail Online



It sounds like they've found something that swims, quacks, can fly, and will fly south for the winter...but they don't want to call it a duck just yet.

Its still big news, and its amazing to see physics take a leap like this in our lifetime.

That is very cool, indeed, but the big question is, will it solve world problems like hunger, greed, and general douchebaggery?

:ahwow:

:awwyeah:

In other news, and I can't believe this wasn't mentioned in the article, but the first 'real world' application is expected to be a pithy little sarcastic punch line on Big Bang Theory, keeping the humour on the show 'cutting edge'.

^well played, sir

We already knew that. We only confirmed our theory.

Higgs boson is basically the last major thing in Standard Model of particle physic experiments left unproven.

Will it change our life a lot? Well, many current advance theories are formed with Higgs boson existence as a reality. So, probably not.

What's the big deal about it then? Higgs boson, or the God Particle has been romanticized by the media. Even if we could confirm its existence at 100% accuracy, it doesn't change the fact that we still face many questions in the field of theoretical physics. So, it's just another step in our (hopefully) right direction of studying this.

can someone put this in lay terms?

It shows how the universe started.

Sounds like something on The Big Bang Theory lol

it won't change anything in our day to day but it could answer a few questions.
answers lead to more developed questions. and continuing to find answers to those questions further our understanding why things are they way they are.
and during this cycle, things get awesome
:nyan:

Yes, yes I can.

None of the people responsible for finding this particle get laid.

That help?

"However, despite 1,600 trillion collisions being created in the tunnel - there have been fewer than 300 potential Higgs particles."

Thats alot of data processing and graph staring..I cant even imagine...can barely make interpreting data in a science lab at school

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:suspicious:

this is the only video i could find that was easy(easier) to understand..


these guys are also really good at explaining things

Srs? I don't even get credit for a successful pun? You see, he said, "explain it in lay persons terms" as in, someone that has not studied physics, and I replaced the definition to mean sex, in order to make a joke.

^ :notbad:

right, because explaining a joke is guaranteed to make it work

See Dr. Michio Kaku.

It's a particle that's responsible for giving matter mass. It's the particle that explains how gravity work.

Previously scientist were unsure if higgs-boson exist because they never seen one. So they were afraid that it doesn't exist. if it doesn't exist then our understanding of gravity and mass is all wrong.

if anyone cares: live cast of the announcement here

CERN Webcast | Latest update in the search for the Higgs boson

right now mind is full of :fulloffuck: cause i have no idea what they're talking about.

cliffs: they found a new boson at 125.3 +/- 0.6 GeV's (whatever that is). with a 4.9 sigma meaning it most definitely is the Higgs boson with a very very high probability

GeV = Giga electron volt (unit of mass in particle physics)

4.9 sigma is like 1/1,000,000 chance the findings are due to chance