How long is a piece of string?
A brief introduction to the biggest contender for a unified theory – a 2000 word introduction to string theory requiring no mathematics.
Story of the stars
The life of a star is brilliant, furious and explosive. Today we will recount the journeys of the different types of stars, from birth until death.
Quantum Computing
A brief introduction to the weird world of quantum computing. Learn how a small number of quibits can quickly transform into something wonderfully complex.
The rise of the neutrino
A brief introduction to the increasingly important world of neutrino physics. The little stuff is shy, mysterious but fundamentally the material from which reality is constructed. Shall we?
Is Free Will an Illusion?
Whether or not we have a free will is an age old question in philosophy. Today we discuss whether we are truly in control of our decisions and whether our future is a genuine uncertainty.
Catching Waves
In 1915 Gravitational Waves were predicted by Einstein as a product of his theory of general relativity and in 2015, on the theory’s 100th anniversary, their existence was verified. Find out what all the fuss about and how the long awaited detection came about.
It’s in the information
How deep does the rabbit hole go? Explore the basic theoretical underpinnings for information theory and how this leads to some challenging theories of reality.
The Mandelbrot Set
Today I intend to present an elegant piece of mathematics which through it’s simplicity can give insight into seemingly disordered systems, along with producing imagery that looks more like a magic eye than mathematics.
Are we but a brain?
A post which explores whether we could be just a brain in a vat whose experience is simulated. We explore ideas of the senses, dreams and the matrix.
The passage of light
In this post we consider the details of light, particularly the path it takes from A to B. Elementary science tells us this should be a straight line, so this should be a short article?
Rationalising The Universe 