I don't have a bunch of time right now - and will expand on this in the weekend. In the mean time, check out the video of Professor Brian Cox talking about the discovery by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of a particle that has all the characteristics of the Higgs boson. Check out the related videos too, they're all really interesting.
BBC: Higgs boson-like particle discovery claimed at LHC
Great day in Science people!