Category Archives: Politics

Letter in the Sunday Times

Posted on 25/02/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Of which I wrote on average about 1/8 of a character… See here.

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UK invests £65M in Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment in US

Posted on 24/09/2017 by Jon Butterworth

There were a lot of happy neutrino physicists around the UK and the US on Wednesday, as the long-standing partnership between the two countries in particle physics was bolstered by a new agreement At the Guardian.  

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Why I marched for science

Posted on 23/04/2017 by Jon Butterworth

Science will not make moral and political choices for us, or tell us what our goals should be. But it will help delineate the possibilities for achieving them At the Guardian. Some speeches and interviews, including one with me, are … Continue reading →

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Take nobody’s word for it – evidence and authority in a world of propaganda

Posted on 22/01/2017 by Jon Butterworth

‘Nullius in verba’ is a fine ideal, but science is a little bit more complicated than that, as is the world in general Nullius in verba’ – roughly, ‘Take nobody’s word for it’ – is the motto of one of the … Continue reading →

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