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Heroes, monsters and people: When it comes to moral choices, outstanding physicists are very ordinary

Posted on 24/08/2015 by Jon Butterworth

Did German physicists have a plan in the 1930s? And if so, was their physics any help? Last week, on the plane back from Chicago, I finished Philip Ball’s book about physics in Germany in the nineteen-thirties and -forties. I’m still … Continue reading →

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Has physics cried wolf too often, or do false alarms help build understanding?

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Jon Butterworth

Mistakes are embarrassing, and getting over-excited about a statistical anomaly is silly. But these things happen, and the answer to building public confidence in science is not to pretend that they don’t Last week I wrote about a possible signal … Continue reading →

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We should do more to secure our digital memories

Posted on 29/04/2015 by Jon Butterworth

On bit rot, Donkey Kong and old photographs At the Guardian.

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Most Wanted Particle

Posted on 06/03/2015 by Jon Butterworth

CBC Quirks and Quarks on Most Wanted Particle.

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