Physicists Announce Evidence of Higgs-Like Particle

SCIENCE -- July 4, 2012 at 9:27 AM EDT

Physicists Announce Evidence of Higgs-Like Particle

Updated: 11:40 a.m. ET | Here's a look at Wednesday's exciting announcement from CERN. Plus, we've included a sampling of visual primers from various media outlets to help explain the Higgs boson, what it is, why it's been so tricky to find, and why discovering it is so important to science.

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