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Letter to the Higgs

Explore the hilarious open letter to the Higgs boson in this engaging science-based comic strip from Abstruse Goose!

ByJoAnne Hewett

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Abstruse Goose, one of my favorite web-comics, has an open letter to the Higgs boson:

This is a great science-based comic strip - not only is it funny, but it's the first time I've been represented as a comic super-hero.

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