Evidence and education: It’s not about Gove v Marx

Posted on 24/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

If Gove says he wants evidence, his challenge should be taken up. He should get it. And he should accept that some of it might not confirm his prejudices. That’s evidence for you

At the Guardian.

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The philosophy of the Higgs

Posted on 24/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

By Michael Krämer, at the Guardian.

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Searching for supersymmetry: some frustration but no despair

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

By Michael Krämer, at the Guardian.

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Birth of a new particle

Posted on 07/03/2013 by Jon Butterworth

From the switch-on of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider through rumours, hints, discovery and now increasingly precise measurements. The Higgs boson – so far – in a real data animation from ATLAS

The mass distribution of pairs of photons from ATLAS

The mass distribution of pairs of photons from ATLAS

Read on at the Guardian.

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