The discovery of Higgs-Boson (The God Particle) passes peer review. So now it is a little thing we call "science."

Large Hadron Corridor

Courtesy of Extreme Tech:  

CERN’s announcement on July 4 — that experiments performed by the Large Hadron Collider had discovered a particle that was consistent with the Higgs boson — has passed a key step towards becoming ratified science: Its findings have been published in the peer-reviewed journal Physics Letters B. 

Back in July, both the CMS and ATLAS teams — teams of scientists tasked with analyzing the data produced by the CMS and ATLAS detectors — announced that they’d discovered a new elementary particle. CERN did not say that this was the Higgs boson, the so-called God particle, but as the Standard Model of particle physics only has one undiscovered particle remaining, it probably is the Higgs boson. Following CERN’s announcement, both the CMS and ATLAS teams submitted their findings to Physics Letters B — and today, both of their research papers have passed peer review by the scientific community, effectively becoming… science. 

One more step into the bright light of discovery, and away from the darkness of superstition and ignorance.

With this discovery we can really begin to examine exactly HOW the universe, and all of its components, were  formed. And THAT nothing supernatural was necessary, or dare I say even possible.

I fucking love science!

There is not much that is more entertaining than watching a a bunch of undereducated idiots celebrating their ignorance.

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In order to understand what the discovery of the Higgs boson REALLY proves click here. And then what it means for the future of science here.

Or if you are simply in too much of a hurry, let Peter Higss clear up for you with a few strokes of his pen.

Scientists at CERN believe they have discovered the "God Particle."

Courtesy of Fox News:

To cheers and standing ovations from scientists, the world's biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle Wednesday, calling it "consistent" with the long-sought Higgs boson -- popularly known as the "God particle" -- that helps explain what gives all matter in the universe size and shape. 

"We have now found the missing cornerstone of particle physics," Rolf Heuer, director of the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), told scientists. 

He said the newly discovered subatomic particle is a boson, but he stopped just shy of claiming outright that it is the Higgs boson itself -- an extremely fine distinction. 

"As a layman, I think we did it," he told the elated crowd. "We have a discovery. We have observed a new particle that is consistent with a Higgs boson." 

The Higgs boson, which until now has been a theoretical particle, is seen as the key to our understanding of why matter has mass, which combines with gravity to give an object weight. The idea is much like gravity and Isaac Newton's discovery of it: Gravity was there all the time before Newton explained it. But now scientists know what a boson is and can put that knowledge to further use. 

Yet another incredible step forward for science out of the darkness of ignorance. This is an amazing time to be alive, and one that I hope truly signifies a  new era of enlightenment.

Just imagine how much we can learn about our origins and the building blocks of the universe with this new knowledge to guide us?

Update: I think Neil DeGrasse Tyson is undoubtedly happy with the discovery but less happy about what it ways about our country.