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Can you explain the Higgs boson in a tweet?
We challenged readers to explain the Higgs boson in just 140 characters. Can you top these? Send yours to @TelegraphNews and we'll add the best ones.
@TelegraphNews #Higgs - Hypothetical particle providing testable hypothesis of the mechanism whereby elementary particles are given mass
@TelegraphNews The equations predict tiny ping-pong balls with no mass. The #Higgs bosons are "treacle" to slow the balls down & give mass.
@TelegraphNews The #Higgs boson is the particle which allows mass to exist by attracting atoms to each other and hereby creating mass
@TelegraphNews #Higgs Boson was the missing, but now found cohesive particle that gives the universe its size and mass - the 'glue' particle
@TelegraphNews Higgs-bosom is the gelatine in a jelly through which all other particles move, gaining mass as they struggle through it.
@TelegraphNews nuclear fission turns a little mass into a lot of energy, a boson is a lot of energy to create the mass of a proton! #Higgs- Others have gone for slightly more, er, creative explanations
@TelegraphNews the #Higgs boson is what gives a Jedi his power. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together
@TelegraphNews 3 Billion years ago, in God's workshop,.. "Opps" Crash! #Higgs boson
@TelegraphNews #Higgs boson is like Where's Wally: They know it's there and to find it you need to look really close at the bigger picture.
@TelegraphNews The #Higgs Boson is the egg that holds the cake of the universe together.
@TelegraphNews Some clever people, built a big thingymajig, to fire things at really high speed. The results were amazing, I think! #Higgs- And some of you seem thoroughly fed up with the whole thing
@TelegraphNews #Higgs is Kardashian of physics - a lot of fuss over next to nothingness!- Tom Chivers, our science blogger, doesn't think a 140 character explanation is possible but offers his own 1,487-character version:
Can you explain the Higgs boson in a tweet? - Telegraph BlogsOver on Twitter the Telegraph News account is asking for its followers to come up with an explanation of what the Higgs boson does, in 14...- We allowed Professor John Womersley of the Science and Technology Facilities Council slightly more than 140 characters to give us his take on why the Higgs boson matters
- And if you're still confused, science editor Nick Collins has a helpful Q and A here
