Wed July 4, 2012 Physicists Find Evidence Of New Subatomic
Particle Originally published on Wed July 4, 2012 9:29 am LINDA
WERTHEIMER, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm
Linda Wertheimer. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.
Good morning. Scientists in Switzerland today say they have made
a momentous discovery. They've identified a new sub-atomic
particle that helps explain how our universe is put together. It
appears to be the long-sought Higgs boson, also called the god
particle. The announcement stirred round after round of applause
among the gathered scientists, who've been waiting for this
moment for decades. Many questions remain about the exact nature
of the particle, but this was a morning to celebrate. NPR's
Richard Harris was up all night watching all the excitement. And
he's sitting here with us in the studio right now. RICHARD
HARRIS, BYLINE: Good morning, Renee. At least I was up early. I
did get a little.... MONTAGNE: You got a little shut eye. OK.
Well, that's all right.