What does the Higgs Field have in common with Congress?

[PatrickPowers]

"a sort of cosmic molasses pervading space is what gives particles their heft. Particles trying to wade through it gather mass the way a bill moving though Congress gains riders and amendments, becoming more and more ponderous."

-- New York Times

 

[D H]

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/s...o-direct-proof-in-search-for-higgs-boson.html

The article also reports that an incredibly improbable event occurred Tuesday morning: A bunch of physicists were awake at 8:00 AM!