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The mysterious particles of physics, part 1

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What Is the Higgs Field?

Higgs field is quite unlike the other fields known to science. It's called a scaler field, that just has one num and not a direction. Electromagnetism comes from an electric charge, or a magnet The higgs field is just there, and that gives it a different kind of mass. So when i was just walking down the street, i that i could feel it. That was just something in my head. But it felt like i knew it was there. And knowing it was there made me feel it slightly.

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