Category Archives: Politics

Is naturalness already hidden within the Standard Model?

Posted on 02/09/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Primary Code

Posted on 15/07/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Scientific research and the European Union

Posted on 20/05/2013 by Jon Butterworth

What effect does European Union membership have on science and research? And what would it mean if the UK left? Read more at the Guardian. This also features the pear-shaped nuclei which I wrote about in Nature.

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What’s in a name? An H, an i, two g’s and an s

Posted on 22/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian. See also Chapter 8.5 of Smashing Physics.

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