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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Thu Jul 5, 2012, 10:15 PM Jul 2012

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva have been looking for a mysterious particle called the Higgs Boson. Scientific American editor George Musser explains why the Higgs is so important to science and to our very existence.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=instant-egghead-what-is-2012-06-29

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Instant Egghead - What is the Higgs Boson? (Original Post) MindMover Jul 2012 OP

Thank you for that link. NinetySix Jul 2012 #1

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1. Thank you for that link.

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:38 AM

Jul 2012

That was really good. I've been wondering if there were a good layman's explanation of the Higgs' role in physics, and this was precisely it.