Tag Archives: UCL

My three least favourite quarks

Posted on 17/05/2011 by lilyasquith

Also at The Guardian. Quarks are what dragged me into this mess. I’ve done about 50 hours work in the last 4 days and have run out of clean cutlery. My fridge contains only an empty tub of hummus and … Continue reading →

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Waking up with a sense of euphoria.

Posted on 28/03/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Stand up. Be funny. About physics? Ryan Nichol describes the experience. At The Guardian.

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When A times B isn’t B times A

Posted on 29/01/2011 by Jon Butterworth

Paul Dirac: The Matrix has you. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 7.4 of Smashing Physics.

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Antarctic balloon sees particles with a million times more energy than the Large Hadron Collider

Posted on 30/10/2010 by Jon Butterworth

The ANITA experiment is designed to look for neutrinos, but saw 16 ultra-high-energy cosmic rays by mistake. At The Guardian. See also Chapter 4.4 of Smashing Physics.

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