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Fermilab theorist: ‘God particle’ could end our universe

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Dr. Joe Lykken of Wheaton, is a particle physics theorist at Fermilab.

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Dr. Joe Lykken of Wheaton, is particle physics theorist at Fermilab.

Susan Sarkauskas | Staff Photographer

Wilson Hall at Fermilab in Batavia.

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Everybody was happy last year when news broke that scientists think they have found the "God particle," the Higgs boson, an building block of matter. But studying its properties, a Fermilab-based theorist says the little things may lead to the end of the universe. But don’t become apoplectic about the approaching apocalypse — it will happen billions of years from now, says Joe Lykken.