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Radio 5 Live,4 mins

"I'm excited, in a geeky physicist sort of way"

5 Live Breakfast

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Theoretical physics professor Jim Al-Khalili helps Nicky and Rachel understand the Higgs boson, as scientists announce that they have discovered a Higgs-like particle.

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