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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

BIG QUESTION FOR 2012: IS THE HIGGS BOSON REAL?

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Yet again, the Higgs boson dominates news headlines around the world. At time of writing, it was even a "trending topic" on Twitter, competing with Lady Gaga and Santa.

This time it's not rumors; it's not reports about the hypothetical superpowers of the mysterious subatomic particle; it's a bona fide announcement by physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Although Tuesday's news fresh from the Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) supercooled magnets isn'tconfirmation about a Higgs boson discovery, it is an indication that this is the closest we've come in the search for the mysterious particle.

And the endgame is nearing.

Read More: http://news.discovery.com/space/big-question-for-2012-higgs-boson-real-111213.html

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