I was completely prepared to hate on this. Good job. I was heartbroken when the supercollider in Texas fell through (and I might even have a completely different life right now if it hadn't, since I have a BS in physics I never use).

^...and it's pretty much worthless unless you get a MA or a PhD.

You get an MA or a PhD by continuing to work in the field. Maybe I was disillusioned, but I wanted nothing to do with big research and jumped to education.

Research is an important part of education. It helps us understand and know things better and find possible solutions to any problem that may arouse along our way of life. Unifying the scientific hypotheses of formation is an undertaking that science and religion have been incapable of achieving thus far. But every little thing may change, due to a breakthrough by Fermilab in Illinois of what could really be the “God particle”. Within two days of one another, both labs say they have found significant tips at the existence of the sought-after Higgs boson, previously a theoretic gem in the crown of particle science. Here is the proof: Higgs boson breakthrough hailed as window unto creation.