CERN thinks it found the Higgs boson. Maybe. Kinda. Here's why they refuse to announce they've done it.

Yesterday CERN announced the discovery of a new boson 99.977% likely to be the Higgs. Funny Higgs boson memes and Twitter reactions followed.

Earlier this hour, CERN announced a 5 sigma discovery of a new particle consistent with a Higgs boson. We break it down in layman's terms.

You might have heard that the Higgs boson has been discovered by scientists at CERN.