Rumors in Physics Blogosphere Test Faith in 'God Particle'

From Wired Top Stories:

News about the rumored discovery of the Higgs boson "God particle" is as elusive as the Higgs itself. Weeks of rumors say more about the sociology of science than about science itself. For weeks, the physics world has been buzzing with rumors juicier -- at least in context -- than any Washington scandal: Researchers at Fermilab's Tevatron particle collider may have made one of the biggest scientific discoveries in decades, just months before a new European facility supplanted their position at the top of the field. According to the rumors, researchers may have experimental results compatible with the discovery of a long-sought particle called the Higgs boson, sometimes dubbed the "God particle," which is widely regarded as giving all other particles mass. Depending on the details, this could be a Nobel-level discovery, and could lead to a reexamination of much of today's physics.

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