[Tony Curcio]

Man, you can always find someone to say something negative about any topic. This hostility toward science and knowledge in North America really is sad, I guess that's Curmudgeon's point.

The boson isn't theoretical anymore, apparently. It was never BS. In the long run, it could lead to new materials, or entirely new elements, made from elementary particles. It's an ancient alchemist's dream.

The connection between energy and matter is now clearer. What that means for energy production, or rapid travel through space, remains to be seen. But new things that were once thought impossible are now only difficult. And things that no one has thought of yet will be forthcoming eventually.

This is a key turning point in our knowledge of the universe in which we live, that will be noted in history for millennia, but perhaps will be a bit under-appreciated right now.