Higgs Boson: God Particle Discovery Announced in Comic Sans

Higgs Boson, Meet Comic Sans

So it's official: evidence of the Higgs boson has been discovered. Said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer, "We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature." The subatomic particle meets the description of how the Higgs is supposed to behave.

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We would like to think that scientists meticulous enough to discover evidence of the long-sought "God Particle" were purposely trolling when they used Comic Sans in their PowerPoint presentation.

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Seriously: they used Comic Sans to announce the Higgs boson discovery. Where is the outrage?! Oh... it's in the Twitter feed below.

Stephen Hawking is Out a Hundred Bucks

One person who's slightly less happy about the Higgs boson discovery: Professor Stephen Hawking. He bet $100 that the particle wouldn't be discovered. Stephen Hawking's a good sport, though, saying that the discovery of the Higgs boson is worthy of a Nobel Prize.