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Video Excerpt About Higgs Field Posted →

Taking Stock of Today’s Events

Posted on July 22, 2011 | Comments Off on Taking Stock of Today’s Events

I’ve tried to write a brief commentary on the news from Grenoble about the search for the Higgs particle, and what happens next.

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