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What exactly is the Higgs boson and how does it work?
What exactly is the Higgs boson and how does it work?Yesterday, in Geneva, Switzerand, at a CERN conference, a world-wide physicists organization announced the discovery of the Higgs boson. Can someone explain what this is in layman terms and why it is so significant to the world of physics?
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For The Anti-Relativists
Firstly, we look at Special Relativity and it's postulates. I would welcome any anti-relativists, (you know who you are) to refute the postulates as they see fit. Please remember to use mathematics where required in your proofs. 1. The Principle of Relativity:The laws of physics are the same in all...
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Evolution is a scientific fact.
On Episode 2 of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, when host Neil deGrasse Tyson said, "Evolution is a scientific fact," is he going too far?One has to recognize the "scientific fact" is not fact in truth. It is "fact" based on hypotheses, therefore not really fact but...
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The discovery of the 'God' Particle?
The discovery of the 'God' Particle?It's been announced that scientists at the LHC Geneva have found a new sub-atomic particle "consistent" with the Higgs boson. I'd like to understand this better - is it possible for anyone to give a lay man's explanation of what this means for science?...
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Higgs boson....God particle or Cosmic creator?
When the mainstream media labeled or nicknamed the Higgs boson, "God particle" scientists where aghast. Peter Higgs himself (one of the 6 physicists who in 1964 proposed the mechanism that suggested the existence of such a particle) said that labeling the Higgs boson the "God...
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Do you think CERN will find the Higgs Boson?
Do you think CERN will find the Higgs Boson?I sometimes wonder if sub-atomic black holes might explain a lot. Maybe they emit higgs bosons... or at least virtual particles. I don't know. Here's a link about the so-called "God Particle":...