Today is kind of a big deal - the Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to Peter Higgs and Francois Englert for their work in the '60s which has lead to the concept of the mass-enabling particle the Higgs Boson which, in turn, provides evidence for the Higgs Field. Check out some of the links below - especially the MinutePhysics videos for a great introduction to the subject.

"Nearly five decades ago, Peter Higgs sent physicists on a chase to find a particle that gives the universe its mass. Today, at age 84, he, along with physicist François Englert, received the Nobel Prize in physics for their work." The Atlantic

• Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize (Reuters)
• Nobel Prize in Physics for Higgs and Englert: Imperial physicists react (Imperial College, London)
• What is the Higgs Boson? (The Telegraph)
• Brian Cox: CERN's Super Collider (TED Talk video)
• How the Higgs Boson Was Found (Brian Green for Smithsonian.com)
• The Higgs Boson Part 1 (MinutePhysics video)
• The Higgs Boson Part 2: What is Mass? (MinutePhysics video)
• Why we care about the Large Hadron Collider (Flickr, ME!)