From: Zardoz ® 03/11/2001 8:28:46 Subject: re: QUANTUM MECHANICS FAQ post id: 482676 What is a Higgs Boson? From: James R (Avatar) The Higgs Boson is a theoretical particle which gives every massive particle its mass. It hasn't actually been detected yet, but scientists are looking for it. It is impossible to accelerate any object with mass up to the speed of light. However, everything with zero rest mass automatically travels at the speed of light. Therefore, if we could find some way to play with Higgs bosons so as to remove the mass from things, we'd have a way of instantaneously accelerating things to the speed of light, perhaps. This is a pretty far-fetched idea right now, and nobody has the foggiest idea of how to remove mass from things without chopping bits off. http://www.fnal.gov/ Higgs boson and fermilab?