Tag Archives: new scientist

God, Stephen Hawking and M-Theory

Posted on 03/09/2010 by

At The Guardian PS “Speak My Brains”, hat-tip to the Day Today.

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Reality Check

Posted on 26/04/2010 by

I’ve been interviewing candidates for postdoc and PhD positions in particle physics at UCL. This against a backdrop of the start of high energy physics at the LHC, ongoing STFC cuts and government responses to them, and a general election … Continue reading →

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Stay broad in science, but focus the exploitation.

Posted on 15/02/2010 by

I have another piece in the New Scientists S-Word blog today, discussing Lord Drayson’s recent speech on science and economic return. My comments are intended constructively from the point of view of a committed scientist who believes that science is … Continue reading →

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The STFC: what went wrong

Posted on 04/02/2010 by

There has been a great deal of speculation about how a major research funding body – the Science and Technology Funding Council – has lurched from one financial crisis to another. Yesterday in the evidence session of the Science and … Continue reading →

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