Last Wednesday (4th July, 2012) scientists at CERN claimed the discovery of a particle “consistent with the Higgs boson”. As far as we’re concerned, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck… then it probably is a Higgs boson. Or a duck.
To celebrate this occasion we’ve decided to create this bonus strip. No ducks were harmed during this process, but we can’t vouch for the bosons.
Cette bande dessinée est aussi disponible en français
This comic is also available in French
Click here to download the SVG source for this comic
↓ Transcript
Caption: As we approached the speed of light we found ourselves faced with objects flying in the opposite direction…
Caption: I pressed the fire control… and ahead of us lasers blazed through space…
Caption: A monstrous behemoth loomed large before us as we braced ourselves…
Caption: …for the inevitable collision
[Scene shows the spaceship exploding with debris flying off everywhere]
[Final scene shows the same debris pattern on a computer screen. It's labelled as "CERN: Large Hadron Collider" and an alert at the bottom says "HIGGS BOSON DETECTED"]
Scientist: With that one, I think we've found enough to go public
Caption: I pressed the fire control… and ahead of us lasers blazed through space…
Caption: A monstrous behemoth loomed large before us as we braced ourselves…
Caption: …for the inevitable collision
[Scene shows the spaceship exploding with debris flying off everywhere]
[Final scene shows the same debris pattern on a computer screen. It's labelled as "CERN: Large Hadron Collider" and an alert at the bottom says "HIGGS BOSON DETECTED"]
Scientist: With that one, I think we've found enough to go public
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This one is a good one. But… where is the link to svg file ?
In order to get this one out while it’s still topical, we’ve posted it despite the Easter Egg not being finished yet. When it is (in a couple of days), we’ll post the SVG file.
The SVG file is now available for both this version of the comic and, thanks to Sam, the French translation.