Higgs Boson particle probably found

[eldargal]

[URL="http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2012/PR17.12E.html"]Press Release from CERN[/URL]:

Geneva, 4 July 2012. At a seminar held at CERN1 today as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long sought Higgs particle. Both experiments observe a new particle in the mass region around 125-126 GeV.

“We observe in our data clear signs of a new particle, at the level of 5 sigma, in the mass region around 126 GeV. The outstanding performance of the LHC and ATLAS and the huge efforts of many people have brought us to this exciting stage,” said ATLAS experiment spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti, “but a little more time is needed to prepare these results for publication.”

"The results are preliminary but the 5 sigma signal at around 125 GeV we’re seeing is dramatic. This is indeed a new particle. We know it must be a boson and it’s the heaviest boson ever found,” said CMS experiment spokesperson Joe Incandela. “The implications are very significant and it is precisely for this reason that we must be extremely diligent in all of our studies and cross-checks."

I'm in ur matter, givin it mass

Now two things need to happen:

1) My mother needs to stop calling it Biggs Ho-son.
2) They need to find [URL="http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Element_Zero"]element zero[/URL].

[Wolfshade]

What's that Tetravon? Only 2.9 Sigma, ok sssshh, time for proper high energy physics

[Gotthammer]

I'm in ur matter, givin it mass

Yo momma so fat, she has mass whether or not the Higgs-Boson exists [/ohsnap]


I also agree on #2, though I'd settle for making contact with Thessia.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Awesome! It's pronounced bows-on isn't it?

[Aldramelech]

Can someone explain to me in basic English why we should care? What will be the practical benefits of this?

[Wolfshade]

Because it explains why things have mass.
The practical benefits could lead to things like tractor beams and gravity manipulation making it easier to move heavier objects but that is quite a stretch at the moment.
We are yet to truly utilise quantum mechanics and that has been around for quite a while.

[Mr Mystery]

Can someone explain to me in basic English why we should care? What will be the practical benefits of this?

Well, this sort of research really, REALLY irritates the right wing God botherers. That makes it all worth while in my book!

Science. Trolling religion since the renaissance!

[Aldramelech]

Well, this sort of research really, REALLY irritates the right wing God botherers. That makes it all worth while in my book!

Science. Trolling religion since the renaissance!

I'll give you that one, but apart from that what have the Romans done for us?

[Wolfshade]

Well, this sort of research really, REALLY irritates the right wing God botherers. That makes it all worth while in my book!

Science. Trolling religion since the renaissance!

I'm not really sure I would go that far, since they both ask different questions they both get different answers. Science does not disprove god any more than it proves it.
The issues you have are with people who are creationists, whom are a relatively modern phenomenon.

[DarkLink]

Why does being an ******* seem to be a prerequisite for being an atheist? The bible's not a scientific document, and this isn't some sort of contest, so why the conflict?




And did someone seriously just ask "why should I care if someone just made an important discover in physics"? The reason we're even on the internet right now is because, a few hundred years ago, some random dude accidentally electrocuted himself and wondered why.