Tag Archives: UCL

From the stars to the gutter: Mail’s ‘diversity’ jibe sullies big bang news

Posted on 20/03/2014 by Jon Butterworth

The human race can reach so high, and stoop so low. On Monday we got exciting new data from the BICEP2 experiment on gravitational waves and the origins of the universe, discussed accessibly by world experts on major news programmes. … Continue reading →

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Check your privilege with an antimatter beam

Posted on 01/03/2014 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Six good things about the REF

Posted on 22/11/2013 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Dark Energy, and Matter, Surveys

Posted on 03/09/2013 by Jon Butterworth

A quickie, too long for a tweet… If you want to know more about the Guardian’s No.1 big science question , you could do a lot worse than listen to the podcast of my UCL colleagues Ofer Lahav and Chamkaur … Continue reading →

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