# Trying to discover the presence of a new kind of field that permeates all of reality

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**Created:** [August 8, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-discover-the-presence-of-a-new-kind-of-field-that-permeates-all-of-reality/316053 "2005-08-08T01:39:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-discover-the-presence-of-a-new-kind-of-field-that-permeates-all-of-reality/316053/1 "2005-08-08T01:39:56Z")

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Interesting article from Scientific American.  
[The Mysteries of Mass](http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000005FC-2927-12B3-A92783414B7F0000&chanID=sa008)

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> Physicists are hunting for an elusive particle that would reveal the presence of a new kind of field that permeates all of reality. Finding that Higgs field will give us a more complete understanding about how the universe works

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-discover-the-presence-of-a-new-kind-of-field-that-permeates-all-of-reality/316053/2 "2005-08-08T03:50:13Z")

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The search for the Higgs boson has been going on for some time now. Frankly, I think most people don’t understand the gravity of the situation. If and when it’s found it will be a massive breakthrough in particle physics. Does it matter? Of course it does!

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-discover-the-presence-of-a-new-kind-of-field-that-permeates-all-of-reality/316053/3 "2005-08-08T04:00:59Z")

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I first heard about this from reading _The God Particle_ by Leon Lederman. It’s sad how Lederman had such hopes for the superconducting supercollider finding the boson, they must have had to lock the medicine cabinet and bolt the windows when that got cancelled.