To probe, or not to probe?
Mission Juice will take a billion euros and convert this into a probe which will find out if any of the moons around Jupiter could host microbial life. Could the […]
How many primes?
One of the first proofs I ever learnt was that there are an infinitely large number of prime numbers. It seems obvious that there should be such because when you […]
Kepler 438b, a viable opportunity?
Keplar 438b is around the same size as Earth is and orbits a cooler star than the sun with a year of around 35 days. Temperature wise it is around the […]
I don’t know you, but we journey to the same place my friend
When I was a child I was terrified of death from an irrationally young age. I remember going to a small holiday park, on the outskirts of Dartmouth that my […]
A hidden world
Today we talk of one of the most exciting things that is currently going on at CERN – which let’s face it is one of the most exciting places in […]
Why does the sky bleed?
The above photograph shows the view from my bedroom on a winters morning. It is one of the traits of any scientist when they see something like this to stop […]
The same places; the same time; the same object
Anyone who has read a little pop-science has probably heard the curiously quoted idea that a sub-atomic particle can be in two places at once. I think I was probably first told this […]
Physics has so much potential
I have known what potential energy is for a very long time, but it is only of late I think I have truly began to appreciate its subtly in describing […]
The world is a hologram?
This idea was first but forward by one of the best Theoretical Physicists alive today – Gerard ’t Hooft. One of the great things about this man (aside from the […]
The Open University: Pulling any punches?
The Open University seems like the natural progression in a world where 40mb download speeds are nothing to get excited about and fees are at an all time high of […]
Rationalising The Universe 