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not the Higgs Boson? Duppers Jul 2012 #1
Intro from the Raw Story Duppers Jul 2012 #5
Watching now, much greatness. Hope the presenter survives the experience! Poll_Blind Jul 2012 #2
lol. nt. Duppers Jul 2012 #4
Job description: explain, with slides, a thousand iterations of data analysis that lead bleever Jul 2012 #8
Five standard deviations, dude! XemaSab Jul 2012 #9
That is a lot of standard deviations. bleever Jul 2012 #11
how DARE they do this on the 4th of July... ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #3
I'm so glad. I ritually watch ID4 on this day because I dislike the 4th for the most part... joshcryer Jul 2012 #18
Excuse my ignorance, josh, but what is ID4? Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #22
The movie Independence Day. joshcryer Jul 2012 #23
Who knew! Thanks! Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #25
This is very exciting XemaSab Jul 2012 #6
Boosted Decision Tree bleever Jul 2012 #7
LOL zappaman Jul 2012 #10
Heh, I was having my ritual ID4 watch and glad I signed in to DU. joshcryer Jul 2012 #12
We have observed a new boson with a mass of 125.3 +/- .6 GeV at 4.9 significance! joshcryer Jul 2012 #13
God help me, I got sniffly at the end XemaSab Jul 2012 #14
Yeah, it's amazing! LHC has really been an international effort. joshcryer Jul 2012 #15
... Duppers Jul 2012 #16
5 sigma is necessary for "formal discovery" of a particle. joshcryer Jul 2012 #17
but.... they're not yet calling it the Higgs. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #21
Yes, many of the eggheads have called it Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #24
Can someone explain the significance of this discovery? DCBob Jul 2012 #27
I think its primary significance is proving the "Standard Model" is still a good approach. joshcryer Jul 2012 #31
yes, that makes sense.. especially the "reality" part. DCBob Jul 2012 #33
Stephen Hawking owes University of Michigan physicist Gordon Kane $100. joshcryer Jul 2012 #19
And he's conceded muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #32
Who knew? God has the very prosaic name of HIGGS! Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #20
I wish Maddow were here geeking out wish us! This is so fascinating to watch! Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #26
She's certainly following this and high-fiving Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #30
Another triumph in physics for Scottish mountains muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #28
Maybe the national libation was more of an inspiration Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #29
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