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Evidence–er, hints–of the ‘God particle’ found

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July 3, 2012

Scientists have been searching for the Higgs boson for some time now. The so-called “God particle” is a hypothetical particle that scientists say would help explain how something came from perceptibly nothing—how massless particles created matter. And yesterday scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Lab near Chicago said they found the best evidence yet of the God particle.

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