Selected links:

• After Higgs boson discovery, what’s next for physicists? (Washington Post)
• Why the Higgs Boson Discovery Is Disappointing, According to the Smartest Man in the World (Atlantic)
• Peter Higgs (Wikipedia)
• Higgs boson discovery: now the real work begins (Guardian.UK)
• The Higgs boson discovery is another giant leap for humankind (Guardian. UK)
• How to explain Higgs boson discovery (Guardian.UK)
• Higgs boson discovery could usher in ‘new, wonderful technologies,’ says physicist (CSM video)
• Why the Higgs boson announcement is so important (CSM video)
• A Quantum Leap: The discovery of the Higgs boson particle puts our understanding of nature on a new firm footing. (Slate)
• What happens next after Higgs boson discovery? (BBC)
• Higgs Boson Explained By MinutePhysics (HuffPo video)
• 10 people who think the Higgs boson is about God (o.canada.com)
• The Higgs Boson (boston.com)
• Higgs Boson, Explained by Cartoons (neatorama.com)
• Happy Higgs Boson Day! (makezine.com)
• What Does the Discovery of Higgs Boson Mean? [VIDEO] (mashable.com)
• Can you explain the Higgs boson in a tweet?(telegraph.co.uk)

Here is my own (small) connection to the Higgs story. When theoretical physicist Peter Higgs proposed the existence of the Higgs Field and predicted the particle in 1964, he was on the faculty of the University of Edinburgh. (Higgs projected that the particle would not be discovered in his lifetime.) The University has just announced the establishment of the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, with a $1.2 million annual budget. And my son is about to start as an undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh this fall.

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