Popular Publications

Frankenstein represents the hopes and fears of every era

The Atlantic, 20 April 2017. Available here.

Did Darwin miss something?

On D’Arcy Thompson and spiral honeycombs. Prospect 29 June 2017. Available here.

Don’t be sniffy if you smell like a dog

Observer New Review, 14 May 2017. Available here.

They came from outer space – and Europe

On Dracula, Brexit and War of the Worlds. Prospect, 18 May 2017. Available here.

Homo naledi: our “decidedly strange” cousins

Prospect 11 May 2017. Available here.

Time crystals: what are they?

Prospect, 17 March 2017. Available here.

Extremes are often the best place to look for new physics

Prospect 22 February 2017. Available here.

Forgetting but not gone

Dementia and the arts. Observer New Review, 12 March 2017. Available here.

Roger Penrose and the vision thing

Prospect, 13 February 2017. Available here.

Quantum common sense

On how quantum becomes classical. Aeon 21 June 2017. Available here.