# Why our universe might exist on a knife-edge

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxCERN
- Speaker: Gian Giudice
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gian_giudice_why_our_universe_might_exist_on_a_knife_edge)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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 ultra-dense 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.

## Lectures

1. [Why our universe might exist on a knife-edge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gian_giudice_why_our_universe_might_exist_on_a_knife_edge/3476369a085a), 14 min (TED's player)