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David Brin flashbacks are popping up in my mind as I re-read this news...
For those who don't know, the LHC was designed to look specifically for Higgs boson (a hypothetical massive elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model of particle physics). By finding these particles, scientists hope to establish a clear step toward a Grand Unified Theory which postulates that three of the four fundamental forces (electromagnatism, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force) can be combined into a unified field when forced together by extrememly high fields of energy. The LHC is also designed to attempt to figure out why gravity is so weak in comparisson to the other Forces.
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