Category Archives: Science

Open Source Science

Posted on 06/03/2010 by Jon Butterworth

I have had enough brushes with eccentrics who think I am going to destroy the world with the Large Hadron Collider to appreciate that in scientific fields where many lives and dollars are genuinely at stake, pressures can be enormous … Continue reading →

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Hamburg Daze

Posted on 20/02/2010 by Jon Butterworth

12/3/2010 Now available at GeekPop 2010 (see below) A few days ago Martin White of Roadside Poppies submitted a song called “Ausgabe Drei” to the GeekPop festival. It was recorded on 13th Jan this year in his bedroom in Ferney … Continue reading →

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Strategy and Responsiveness in Science

Posted on 19/01/2010 by Jon Butterworth

One strand in the disastrous history of the Science and Technology Facilities council (STFC) is a tension between “top-down” and “bottom-up” research funding. The science minister and the chair of STFC are currently reviewing the structures; this tension is something … Continue reading →

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Safety First?

Posted on 06/01/2010 by Jon Butterworth

The risks of not doing. Continue reading →

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