Category Archives: Astrophysics

Has physics cried wolf too often, or do false alarms help build understanding?

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Jon Butterworth

Mistakes are embarrassing, and getting over-excited about a statistical anomaly is silly. But these things happen, and the answer to building public confidence in science is not to pretend that they don’t Last week I wrote about a possible signal … Continue reading →

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The genesis and renaissance of general relativity

Posted on 23/06/2015 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Most Wanted Particle: Live lecture at the Perimeter Institute

Posted on 01/04/2015 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Given a multiverse, does astrology work somewhere?

Posted on 01/03/2015 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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