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2013: People of the year

… British physicist Peter Higgs. The pair won for research on the Higgs Boson particle, discovered in 2012 during experiments on the Cern particle accelerator. (AFP/Getty Images)
… British physicist Peter Higgs. The pair won for research on the Higgs Boson particle, discovered in 2012 during experiments on the Cern particle accelerator. (AFP/Getty Images)

Astronauts, pioneers, whistleblowers and, oh yes, some person called Higgs, we salute those who were on everyone's lips in 2013.

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