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Head of CERN says new particle discovered  consistent with Higgs boson,  ‘God particle’

GENEVA — Head of CERN says new particle discovered consistent with Higgs boson, the ‘God particle’

GENEVA — Scientists at the world’s largest atom smasher say they have reams of new data that will reveal with greater certainty whether they have already glimpsed a long-sought theoretical particle that could help explain the origins of the universe.

The problem with searching for the God particle is that you might find the God asterisk.
Back to the Higgs: The big question at this point isn’t so much whether they found it (because they seem to have found something), but whether it’s literally “the Higgs” or something “Higgs-like” or perhaps something hinting at other Higgses out there. So this is a big day for a particle but it will not end the discussion.
 More to come in the hours ahead. A lot of this is challenging material, to say the least. It’s important, for example, to understand that the Higgs particle doesn’t spin, but explaining why that’s important may be beyond my abilities. May have to call in the cavalry on that one.