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I have an article on physical colours in nature, and their mimicry in artificial systems, in the latest issue of Scientific American. All yo...

I have a new Muse piece up on Nature news – very little done in editing, so I’ll just give the link . I fear that there will be more gripin...

I was a bit tetchy about Steven Poole’s criticisms in his review of The Music Instinct in the Guardian , although subsequent discussions w...

I have a paper on pattern formation in the March/April issue of Architectural Design , a special issue devoted to ‘material computation’. ...

I was on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week programme this week, still accessible here (for just a day or two) on BBC iPlayer. And a copy of the ...

Here’s my latest Crucible column for Chemistry World . ___________________________________________________________ What does it feel lik...

Here’s the pre-edited version of another of my pieces for BBC Future (again, this link will only work outside the UK). ___________________...

I seem to have persuaded Charlotte Raven , and doubtless now many others too, that Yves Saint Laurent’s Forever Youth Liberator skin cream i...

Here’s a piece about an event in NYC in which I took part at the end of last month. _______________________________________________________...

Here’s the news story on this year’s Abel Prize that I’ve just written for Nature . You’ve always got to take a deep breath before diving i...

Here’s another piece from BBC Future. Again, for non-UK readers the final version is here . _______________________________________________...

I have begun to write a regular column for a new BBC sci/tech website called BBC Future. The catch is that, as it is funded (not for profit)...

One of the leaders in this week’s Nature is mine; here’s the original draft. ____________________________________________________ Paul ...

Here’s the pre-edited version of my latest news story for Nature . I really liked this work. I was lucky to meet Rolf Landauer before he di...

For Francophones, I have a piece in the February issue of La Recherche on spacetime cloaking, part of a special feature on invisibility. F...

Well, I'm here and just thought it possible that someone in NYC might see this before tomorrow (25 Feb) is up. I'm taking part in th...

I wrote a leader for this week’s Nature on the forthcoming talks for an international Arms Trade Treaty. Here’s the original version. ___...

With the shrill cries of new atheists ringing in my ears (you would not believe some of that stuff, but I won’t go there), I read John Gray...

This piece in the Guardian has caused a little storm, and I’m not so naive as to be totally surprised by that. There’s much I could say ab...

I have a review of a book about John Dee in the latest issue of Nature . Here's how it started. ______________________________________...