Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Good grief - Yoda was right!...  

We may have found "THE FORCE".
This could be the announcement we've all been waiting for.
As soon as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) revved up its supercooled electromagnets in 2008 -- which promptly "quenched" (read: broke down in a very expensive way) and then restarted the following year -- it's been the one piece of news the world has been eagerly awaiting: confirmation of the discovery of one of the Universe's most secretive particles -- the Higgs boson.
After gazillions of particle collisions and countless rumors of Higgs discoveries, we have... yet another rumor of a Higgs discovery. But this time, the rumor seems to be meatier than ever.
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According to comments left on a number of particle physics blogs, the word is that the LHC is closing in on the Higgs.
The Higgs boson is theorized to be the "force carrier" of the Higgs field -- a field thought to permeate the entire Universe, endowing matter with mass. Only by using powerful particle accelerators like the LHC do we stand a chance of seeing these mysterious particles. [More]
I can't wait for Sheldon to explain it all on an upcoming The Big Bang Theory.

[Insert your joke here]

And also with you.

1 comment:

Brian in Central IL said...

I find any scientific theory worth knowing that I don't already know will come from Sheldon. I have a new found respect for cats in boxes because of him.

May I offer you a beverage?