Have you heard about the Higgs Boson or the "God particle"? Do you know what it is? Do you understand the importance of the experiments been made in the Large Hadron Collider ("LHC") at CERN in Geneva? In Wired you have the article Higgs for Mere Mortals, where you can find videos to help you understand this crucial part of particle physics. This is my favorite video:
The Higgs Boson Explained from PHD Comics on Vimeo.