"Higgs Boson" - How To Explain It To A Seven-Year-Old

Ian Sample from The Guardian (UK) demonstrates using ping-pong balls and a bag of sugar what the Higgs boson is and why it has been so difficult to find. Want to know more? Check out the video below:

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Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln describes the nature of the Higgs boson - the elusive subatomic particle which is thought to explain the origins of particle mass. It is named after the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose.

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