Announcement of “Higgslike” particle draws midnight crowd for giddy discussion – GeekWire

On Wednesday, physicists associated with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider announced that they had discovered a new subatomic particle that looks like the Higgs boson, a key to understanding why there is diversity and life in the universe. The announcement was widely anticipated, and webcast watch parties were held all over the world–including here in Seattle, where UW physicists gave “blow-by-blow” commentary during the announcement. Read more about it here!