He said, “If you want a career in science, you must give up this childish faith in God. If you do not, then it will cripple you intellectually and you will suffer by comparison with your peers. You simply will not make it.”... continue reading
The sceptic would argue that virgins don’t give birth. They can’t. The question is whether we are open-minded to look at whether it happened that one time nonetheless... continue reading
OK I admit it, I'm a space nut. I was just 11 when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon—and I was completely absorbed by the sense of occasion, discovery and sheer technical brilliance of the Apollo missions.... continue reading
Background: Inspired by David Robertson’s “The Dawkins Letters”, I’m writing a series of short letters to Brian Cox in light of his new series, The Human Universe.
Dear Brian Cox,
You’ve certainly seen the world, during your series. It’s hard not to be envious of the stamps on …
Spent New Year's Eve in pleasant company over good food. Around the table was a Professor of Quantum Mechanics who was eagerly questioned on the subject of the Large Hadron Super Collider, and the Higgs Boson - a.k.a. "The God Particle".
Last year the scientists who crank the handle …
After 45 years of searching, some of the world's top physicists think they may have done it. They think they may have discovered the Higgs Boson particle - or something very like it.
Such a discovery, in one field of physics from a lab in Switzerland, would probably pass …
The scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland are expected to announce today that they’ve found the “God particle”, the Higgs-Boson. I’m not a scientist, and would love someone to explain it all to me in very short words, but I think it’s a particle which, if …
