A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation
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Category Archives: Travel
Astrotech and Cake
Last week included a trip to Edinburgh for STFC Council*. I arrived early (I recommend the night train, at least if you are within easy reach of Euston) and walked through Edinburgh in the mist to the UK Astronomy Technology … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophysics, Science, Technology, Travel
Tagged Cake, Edinburgh, Gillian Wright, JWST, STFC, UKATC
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Guardian Science Weekly Podcast
Along Guardian Science correspondent Hannah Devlin, I discussed the flavour anomalies from LHCb with Madeleine Finlay for the Guardian Science Weekly podcast. It is titled “Will the Large Hadron Collider find a new fifth force of nature?“. Hannah gives a … Continue reading
The clues that tell us when the Universe began
All being well, I’ll be in CERN tomorrow for the first time since the end of 2019. Given how routine this used to be, I am surprisingly nervous and excited (and less surprisingly resentful of the extra brexit-induced paperwork involved). … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Astrophysics, Travel, Physics
Tagged CERN, BBC, Science Focus
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Pi, and why we don’t melt
I got involved in a discussion the other day, initiated by the science writer Natalie Wolchover, about the geometry of the Earth and our intuitive understanding of it.
Posted in Mathematics, Physics, Science, Travel, Writing
Tagged BBC, Natalie Wolchover, Science Focus
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