Homer Simpson almost predicted the mass of the elementary particle, the Higgs boson “god particle,” more than a decade before it was discovered, according to Dr. Simon Singh, author of The Simpsons ...

Homer Simpson predicted the mass of the Higgs boson, often known as "the God particle," 14 years before it was discovered by scientists, a science writer claims. In a 1998 episode of the hit animated ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Simon Singh may not sound like your average fan of The Simpsons. He has a Ph.D. in ...

These days, “The Simpsons did it first” has become a bit of a cliché, but that’s only because the show has been on so long that anything the human race will ever accomplish from this point on has ...

Maybe donuts and Duff Beer are the secret to mathematical brilliance. It turns out “Simpsons” patriarch Homer Simpson came very close to predicting the mass of the Higgs boson, a particle first ...

In its twenty-six season run, The Simpsons' dalliances with video games and high art have been well documented. But one physicist has taken it upon himself to document the show’s intricate ...

Homer Simpson may, in fact, be a scientific genius, as it's been revealed he predicted the mass of the elementary Higgs boson particle more than a decade before scientists. As The Independent reports, ...

This episode of Inquiring Minds, a podcast hosted by best-selling author Chris Mooney and neuroscientist and musician Indre Viskontas, also features a discussion of some of the science behind ...