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What is the Higgs Boson?
Billions of Euros have been ploughed into the construction of the largest experiment known in the history of mankind. The Large Hadron Collider (officially due to be “switched on” September 10th 2008)...
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Higgs Boson Discovered on Doorstep
You don’t need the Large Hadron Collider to discover the Higgs boson after all… The moment of discovery. It turns out Higgsy is a little shy. This evening I went outside to investigate a noise. On...
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4 – 1 Odds That God Exists
Q: What does God, Russell Brand and the Higgs boson all have in common? A: Unsurprisingly, not a lot. The candidates (from left to right): 'Eye of God' (a.k.a. the Helix Nebula), Russell Brand (with...
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Peter Higgs Discovers Higgs Boson… in the Mail!
Peter Higgs holds his very own Higgs boson (©Particle Zoo/Peter Higgs) In October, something very special happened to me. There, on the doorstep, a Higgs boson sat, waiting to be picked up and...
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Higgs Boson-like Particle Discovered in CMS and ATLAS Data!
The CMS detector at the LHC (CERN) Yes, the Higgs boson has been discovered… or, to put it more accurately, something that looks like a Higgs boson has been discovered. But is it a Higgs boson? There’s...
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After Historic Discovery, Higgs Flies Economy
Real superstars: Peter Higgs congratulates ATLAS experiment spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti after she announced her collaboration’s discovery of a Higgs-like particle. Credit: CERN/ATLAS/Getty I am...
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When Physics and Art Collide: The Story Behind My First Science Tattoo
From left to right: The LHC’s CMS detector, a simulation of a Higgs event in the ATLAS detector and the intricate design work by Daniel Meyer on my right arm inspired by the science of the LHC...
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