homunculus

Some discussion stemming from Erwin Schrödinger’s birthday prompts me to set out briefly why his cat is widely misunderstood and is actually...

I have a Q&A with Katie Paterson in the 25 April issue of Nature . There was a lot in Katie’s comments that I didn’t have room for ther...

There is no positive spin to put on the fire that has gutted Notre Dame Cathedral, and it could sound idiotic to think otherwise. This wa...

Everyone knows how science writing works. Academic scientists labour with great diligence to tease nuanced truths from theory and experiment...

Here's the English version of my column on music cognition for the current issue of the Italian science magazine Sapere . ____________...

I reviewed Stephen Hawking's last book Brief Answers to the Big Questions for New Scientist , but it needed shortening and, in the prin...

There’s a curious incident that took place at the excellent "Schrödinger at 75: The Future of Life" meeting in Dublin last week th...

The conference “Schrödinger at 75: The Future of Life” in Dublin, from which I’m now returning, was a fabulous event, packed with good talk...

The rapid advances in quantum computing as a technology with real applications are reflected in the increases in the number of qubits these ...

Discussing the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics with Adam Becker and Jim Baggott makes me think it would be worthwhile setting...

Here’s a longer version of the news story I just published in Scientific American , which includes more context and background. The interpr...

There was never any prospect that my article in New Statesman on genes, intelligence and education would wrap up everything so nicely that...