Tag Archives: Guardian

Scientific research and the European Union

Posted on 20/05/2013 by Jon Butterworth

What effect does European Union membership have on science and research? And what would it mean if the UK left? Read more at the Guardian. This also features the pear-shaped nuclei which I wrote about in Nature.

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Feynman: his birthday, his diagrams and his lectures

Posted on 12/05/2013 by Jon Butterworth

Yesterday was the 95th anniversary of the birth of Richard Feynman, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. An excuse for an unusual party At the Guardian. See also Chapter 8.3 of Smashing Physics.

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Should we change the Higgs boson’s name?

Posted on 28/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

I wrote this piece on the blog about Higgs boson naming, and was then asked to write something for g2. This appeared on the web here (not in the usual Life & Physics slot, hence this post so I can … Continue reading →

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Ask a grown-up: is there anything smaller than an atom?

Posted on 25/04/2013 by Jon Butterworth

And another non-“Life & Physics” article posted here so I can find it. One of the Guardian Weekend “Ask a grown-up” series. Most common response: “You did better than Sir Ranulph Fiennes”…

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