The landing of the Mars science rover Curiosity does not qualify as a significant scientific achievement and should not be getting so much of the publics attention, says the team of scientists who discovered the Higgs boson last month. People see these beautiful pictures from outer space and theyre inclined to think that something amazing has been achieved, a spokesperson for the Higgs-boson team said. Let the Mars rover do something of genuine value, like, say, discover how the universe was created. Then Ill be impressed. As for the NASA scientists behind the Mars rover, the Higgs-boson spokesman said, I dont think we should be too quick to use the word scientist here. Honestly, anyone can grow a Mohawk and put on a headset and look cool and all, but that hardly makes you a scientist. Lets see some of these dudes discover a particle or something along those lines. I mean, come on. From the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, response to the Higgs-boson teams comments was swift and irate, as a NASA spokesman called the remarks an unacceptable diss. You know the difference between the Mars rover and the Higgs boson? said a NASA spokesman, his face red with anger. You can actually see the Mars rover. The NASA official went on to say that I can understand why the Higgs people think they found something thats real and all, but as far as I can tell their so-called boson is about as real as a leprechaun or a Smurf. In Geneva, the Higgs team was quick to fire back a response: At the Large Hadron Collider lab, were used to honest disagreements between scientists. But wed like to see that douche come over here and say that to our face. 