End of an era? Or a beginning?
FULL REPORT:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48073695/ns/technology_and_science-science/The Higgs, in its basic form, has long been seen as filling in the last major gap in the so-called Standard Model of physics. That model, drawn up in the 1970s, describes the way the universe works at the most elementary level.
"From the point of view of future physics," said the scientist, "it seems to me that in one way it is the end of an era in that it appears to complete the Standard Model. But the more important thing is that studying it [the new particle] will lead onto what lies beyond that model which we hope will have more interesting connections with cosmology, the dark matter problem and that sort of thing."
CERN physicists say the finding of the boson — widely hailed as the biggest advance in knowledge about the cosmos for over 30 years — will open the door to probing this and other ideas that were once the stuff of science fiction.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48073695/ns/technology_and_science-science/YOUTUBE:
Physicists Celebrate Evidence of 'God Particle'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OCbSKcLIXl0The reason it was called "GOD PARTICLE" was because Higgs Boson was yet to be seen or discovered, thats why "God particle" was given to show that man is still unable to fully explain Higgs Boson. Now that we have discovered it & are able to explain it, we can call it's real scientific name "HIGGS BOSON"
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alifeili 43 minutes ago 6
Actually it was meant ironically. It does, in essence, the opposite of proving the existence of god. It's removing just a little more of the gaps in science where the christian god is hiding.