Fittingly, one day after a new pope was named in Rome,
scientists in Italy announced their certainty that the Higgs boson (or 'God particle') has been discovered. At a physics conference in the Italian Alps, only hours away from the pomp and circumstance in the Vatican, scientists from the
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) made the announcement. The so-called 'God Particle' explains how matter takes on size and form in the universe. The fact that the Higgs boson actually exists—unlike a fantasy deity—helps confirm a theory that the size and shape of matter is determined when particles interact in an energy field with the key particle. This could be one of the most momentous discoveries in scientific history. Surely, it has more significance that what just happened in Rome. We can now say with confidence,
"Habemus Deum particula".
