Gian Giudice: Why our universe might exist on a knife edge

The biggest surprise of discovering the Higgs boson That there were no surprises. Gian Giudice talks us through a problem in theoretical physics: what if the Higgs field exists in an ultradense state that could mean the collapse of all atomic matter With wit and charm, Giudice outlines a grim fate and why we shouldn t start worrying just yet. (Filmed at TEDxCERN. ) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and