Category Archives: Science

Yesterday in Parliament

Posted on 16/06/2026 by Jon Butterworth

Clive Lewis MP hosted a drop in session about the funding crisis in the science and technology research council (STFC). We had a busy two hours talking to MPs and Peers. I think and hope we had some impact. There … Continue reading →

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Critical thinking and AI

Posted on 09/05/2026 by Jon Butterworth

Thanks to Hetan Shah and Margot Finn on Bluesky, I came across this article by Gillian Tett in the Financial Times. It’s a discussion about the rhetoric and reality of AI adoption in business with, as you’d expect, a focus … Continue reading →

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Where do all the particle physicists* go?

Posted on 23/04/2026 by Jon Butterworth

When Catherine Heymans, Simon Williams and I gave evidence to the House of Commons Science, innovation and Technology select committee a few weeks ago (seems like years to be honest), we were set some homework.

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An “impossible” Higgs measurement becomes reality thanks to AI (and QCD)

Posted on 14/04/2026 by Jon Butterworth

Higgs bosons produced with high transverse momentum are a key probe for new physics. Since the discovery of the Higgs boson back in 2012, one of the most important things we have been doing at the CERN Large Hadron Collider … Continue reading →

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