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How much reason do you want? - Premium content
The 'war' between science and religion is stuck in a rut. Can we change the record now, asks Philip Ball?
14 May 2009
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A circular argument? - Premium content
A proposal for spotting extraterrestrials resurrects an old idea linking light and life, says Philip Ball.
24 April 2009
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Physics by numbers - Premium content
A suggestion that the discovery of physical laws can be automated raises questions about what it means to do science, says Philip Ball.
2 April 2009
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There's more to life than sequences - Premium content
The shape of DNA can play a crucial role in genetics, says Philip Ball.
12 March 2009
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Who should bear the carbon cost of exports? - Premium content
China has become the world's biggest carbon emitter partly because of its exports. So whose responsibility is that, asks Philip Ball?
6 March 2009
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What does it all mean? - Premium content
Science depends on clear terms and definitions #20; but the world doesn't always oblige, says Philip Ball.
2 March 2009
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Friends dis-united? - Premium content
Models of behaviour are often simplistic but can guard against false assumptions.
23 January 2009
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Is the hunt for extraterrestrial life misguided? - Premium content
Attempts to probe the Universe for advanced civilizations may be unscientific, says Philip Ball, but that shouldn't stop us.
8 December 2008
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What you don't learn at school about the economy - Premium content
Ignoring decades of sophisticated economic theory spells trouble for us all, argues Philip Ball.
29 October 2008
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Identifying the dripping taps of climate change - Premium content
Seeking out the subtle effects of carbon dioxide can lead to some bizarre conclusions, says Philip Ball.
3 October 2008
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Philip Ball, London
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Philip is a freelance science writer and a consultant editor for Nature. He can often be heard on radio and television, and is the author of several scientific books for the lay reader, including H2O: A Biography of Water (shortlisted for a National Book Critics Circle Award); and Critical Mass (winner of the 2005 Aventis Prize). Philip graduated in chemistry from the University of Oxford, and holds a PhD in physics from the University of Bristol.
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