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Has your MP read The Geek Manifesto? | Dr Mark Lorch
A year has passed since every MP and Welsh Assembly Member was sent a book extolling evidence-based policymakingLast June hundreds of geeks from around the UK set their MPs and Welsh Assembly Members (AMs) some homework for the summer holidays. … Continue reading
Fairytale of New Physics | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics
There seems to be a minor rash of polemic at the moment on the theme “aren’t scientists deluded/betraying science/living in fairytale-land”.I’ve been sent a few books to read on the subject, and I started last week on BBC Radio 4′s … Continue reading
The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss
Krauss’s venture into the Star Trek world of antimatter drives, dilithium crystals and tractor beams is entirely seriousTeleportation is technically demanding, especially when the object being teleported is a whole human. The energy required to turn Captain Kirk into a … Continue reading
Making the case for open access books | Simon Chaplin
The humanities matter. Books matter. Through open access, they can reach a wider audience than ever beforeA policy requiring open access to academic books? Surely that’s asking for trouble? After all, it was only a few months ago that many … Continue reading
Google celebrates Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of children’s books | GrrlScientist
The American illustrator and author of the classic children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, was born to 85 years ago today to Jewish-Polish parents in New York CityThere is much to love about Maurice Sendak and I am pleased … Continue reading
Time Reborn by Lee Smolin; Farewell to Reality by Jim Baggott
Two writers argue that modern science needs to get a grip on reality, rejecting ‘timeless’ theories of the universe and the ‘fairytale’ physics of string theoryAt an interdisciplinary gathering of academics discussing the concept of time, I once heard a … Continue reading
Things That Are: Encounters with Plants, Stars and Animals by Amy Leach – review
Mad, mystical and acutely perceptive about nature, these are essays to bring us back to EarthNature writing is a boom industry in Britain, but it’s nature writing of a particular flavour: astringent, controlled, in impeccably good taste. I can’t think … Continue reading
New Books Party: books received this week | @GrrlScientist
This week, I tell you about these books: Beatrix Potter: the unknown years by Elizabeth Battrick; A Box of Birds by Charles Fernyhough; The Stressed Sex: Uncovering the Truth About Men, Women, and Mental Health by Daniel Freeman and Jason … Continue reading
Love bombing: Oliver James, Susan Greenfield and the rise of data-free celebrity science | Martin Robbins
Oliver James has followed in the steps of speculative theorist Susan Greenfield by announcing his ‘love bombing’ hypothesis through the media, and at the Hay Festival. Is it really helpful for academics to short-circuit science in this way, and why … Continue reading
Why do identical twins end up having such different lives?
Their genes are exactly the same, so why don’t identical siblings’ lives follow more similar patterns? The scientist behind a pioneering 21-year study believes he has the answerBarbara Oliver has had an intriguing relationship with her identical twin sister, Christine, … Continue reading