In a 1964 paper, Higgs posited that these particles gain their mass through an interaction with a field, now known as ... "I was knocked over by the wave of the reaction of the audience," Sample ...

The universe is permeated by a field known as the Higgs field, which gives everything its mass. But the Higgs field isn’t entirely stable, and if it were to “bubble,” it would change reality ...

Jessica Bloom and Bianca Nogrady stand in for Dr Karl. They discuss astrophysics, quantum effects, the Higgs Field and ancient calendars.