Category Archives: Politics

Running to stand still: a brief political analogy

Posted on 07/06/2016 by Jon Butterworth

Yesterday morning, the clock radio was broken because we’d spilled water on it. In the evening, a bolt fell out of the bed, and we noticed that the whole bed was in danger of collapse. During the day, I dried … Continue reading →

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Europe chooses its ‘roadmap’ for science facilities

Posted on 08/05/2016 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Weasels in the Large Hadron Collider, and self-throwing dead cats

Posted on 01/05/2016 by Jon Butterworth

Scientists deployed a new political technology twice this week, to spectacular effect On Thursday I was on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science, discussing with Adam Rutherford some excitement around the new data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. Under his newly-invented ‘Cloak … Continue reading →

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The reaction to Justin Trudeau’s explanation of Quantum Computers shows we should raise our expectations

Posted on 16/04/2016 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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