Category Archives: Politics

Dark matter and drugs

Posted on 11/05/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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This is important. You have £5.8 billion to spend on science things

Posted on 04/05/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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From the stars to the gutter: Mail’s ‘diversity’ jibe sullies big bang news

Posted on 20/03/2014 by Jon Butterworth

The human race can reach so high, and stoop so low. On Monday we got exciting new data from the BICEP2 experiment on gravitational waves and the origins of the universe, discussed accessibly by world experts on major news programmes. … Continue reading →

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Neutrons, exoplanets and SKA: how to invest £300m

Posted on 15/03/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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