Category Archives: Astrophysics

Brilliant Blunders: the mistakes made by some of history’s greatest scientists

At the Guardian.

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Whether it is cricket or physics, imagined scenarios can expand the limits of our understanding

At the Guardian.

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The Dark Side of the Universe

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Gravitational Waves

The first observation of gravitational waves was big news. I wrote a piece for the Guardian which wasn’t part of the Life & Physics blog (and which also appeared in the printed paper), and did a Q&A with Hiranya Peiris … Continue reading

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