Science is a uniquely public form of knowledge. What distinguishes it from other forms of knowledge is that scientific hypotheses can be checked by anyone with the will and resources to do so. In prin...
If anyone deserves more than one biography then surely that honour should go to Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), the physicist who produced the most powerful explosion in the history of the world and 14 y...
In October 1998 Janna Levin arrived to start a postdoc at Sussex University’s Astronomy Centre. She had just said good-bye to her beloved California, swapping the sun of Berkeley for the grey sk...