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Science & Technology

Topics in the Science & Technology category of the year 2012.

| Topic | Summary | |——-|———| | Higgs Boson Discovery | CERN announced the discovery of a new boson of about 125 GeV/c² on July 4, completing the Standard Model and confirming the Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism by which fundamental particles acquire mass. | | Curiosity Rover Mars Landing | NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover landed in Gale Crater on August 6 via the “sky crane” maneuver, later confirming ancient Mars could have supported microbial life. |