Higgs boson hunt news conference

4 July 2012 Last updated at 04:14 ET Help

Scientists in Geneva reveal that they have discovered a particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson.

The Higgs boson would help explain why particles have mass, and fills a glaring hole in the current best theory to describe how the Universe works.

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