125.3 GeV +/- 0.6 at 5 sigma!

[chbare]

Anybody watch the CERN brief? I actually had a few tears in my eyes when they panned over to an elderly Peter Higgs as he wiped tears from his eyes. Regardless of the ultimate findings, it's been a glorious week for science and humanity even if we will not fully appreciate the implications for some years.

[ERDoc]

Agreed, it is a truly amazing discovery.

[Kiwiology]

Fascinating but um I haz question *raises hand, what is a proton again?

[ERDoc]

Fascinating but um I haz question *raises hand, what is a proton again?

For the honesty of your post, I was going to give you a +1.

[Kiwiology]

For the honesty of your post, I was going to give you a +1.

Not all of us can have a BSc (Biochem) (Hons) from Stoners Brook Uni

Now, pass the bong bro

[chbare]

Actually, defining a composite object like a proton is very difficult. Even it's name is a fallacy. However, at the time of it's discovery, it was thought to be a fundamental object. If we had waited a bit, the electron very well could have and should have been named the proton as it was actually the first fundamental object discovered.

[Richard B the EMT]

So...an electron is a voting machine? A positron is an optimist? A proton is someone favoring what you favor?

[ERDoc]

So a neutron walks into a bar and asks for a beer. He asks the bartender what it costs, to which the bartender says, "For you, no charge."

[chbare]

A Higgs Boson walks into a church and the preacher says "we don't allow your kind in here." The Higgs responds by saying, "but without me you will not have mass."

[ERDoc]

Two atoms were walking down the street and the first on turns to the second one and says, "I think I lost an electron."

The second one says, "Are you sure?"

To which the first replies, "I'm positive."