Category Archives: Physics

Perimeter Lecture: The James Webb Space Telescope

At the Guardian.

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A new CERN experiment targets even higher energies (eventually)

At the Guardian.

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Does Dark Matter Exist?

BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, interview with John Humphrys, with a nice little video snippet.

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How the rainbow illuminates the enduring mystery of physics

At Aeon Magazine (who commissioned it) but also in The Atlantic and Quartz. This summer I went on a family holiday to Cornwall, on the Helford River. The peninsula south of the river is, rather wonderfully, called The Lizard. Standing on its … Continue reading

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