Cracks In The Fundaments Of Quantum Physics

Cracks In The Fundaments Of Quantum Physics

In its first years the development of quantum physics occurred violently. As a consequence some cracks sneaked into the fundaments of this branch of physics. A careful investigation brings these…
Mix Science And God Correctly Or Don’t!

Mix Science And God Correctly Or Don’t!

Mixing Science and Religion is always a hot topic. Recently, there was for example a debate between Sam Harris and Robert Winston in the Guardian, about, you guessed it, science versus faith! Harris…
Guess The Plot: Solution And Comments

Guess The Plot: Solution And Comments

After the disturbance created by the Higgs rumour in ATLAS, I think we can go back to normal business - in this case, keeping my word on discussing things that were left hanging. Your response to my…
Guess The Plot!

Guess The Plot!

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is true both for photographs and for graphs, but sometimes the words are spoken to the wrong ears. I would like to offer you a very simple, visual test today…
Higgs? We ain't got no Higgs

Higgs? We ain't got no Higgs

The title is a playful variation on a line from a Bogart movie, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.  That was an adaptation from a novel of the same title: "All right," Curtin shouted back. "…
The New XENON 100 Results On Dark Matter

The New XENON 100 Results On Dark Matter

The Xenon 100 collaboration has finally released the results of their data analysis, and the results are saying that there is no Dark Matter in sight so far. Since we live in an age where time is…
Suicide: Life Ends Six Meters Above The Ground

Suicide: Life Ends Six Meters Above The Ground

The greatest hurdle before committing suicide is the fear of dying and death as well as the fear of hurting people we care about. In order to assist suicide, Suicidal Philosophy alleviates these…
Neutrinos (for Brits only)

Neutrinos (for Brits only)

This morning this programme (45 minutes) was on BBC Radio 4. In Our Time: the Neutrino   http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106tjc0 Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the neutrino.  …