Another Higgs rumor reminds us how science is correctly done
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the Large Hadron Collidor (LHC) running smoothly for well over a year now, the excitement surrounding the possibility for the discovery of new physics has generated a few rumors - speculations that have not been published in peer-reviewed journals. The latest came last week, when an anonymous person posted the abstract of a note on Columbia University mathematician Peter Woits blog that claimed an intriguing observation.