Is the notion of a cure for cancer too simplistic?
An article in Prospect, February 2016. Available here.
Popular Publications
The science of the inconceivable
On quantum entanglement, and what it really means. Prospect, July 2016. Available here.
We might live in a computer program, but it may not matter
Why you shouldn’t waste too much time fretting over this question. An article for BBC Earth, September 2016. Available here.
Asteroids are not the only threat to life from space
How space events might affect evolution on Earth. An article for BBC Earth, November 2016. Available here.
The place where you can walk through the universe
The Crawick Multiverse. An article for BBC Earth 1 March 2016. Available here.
If not Darwin, who?
An alternative history of the great ideas of science. Nautilus, December 2016. Available here.
Why physics is not a discipline
“Why physics is not a discipline”, Nautilus 21 April 2016. Available here.
Life rocks
“Life rocks: what can meteorites tell us about life on and beyond earth?”, Aeon 18 March 2016. Available here.
The truth about Hannibal’s route across the Alps
“The truth about Hannibal’s route across the Alps”, The Observer 3 April 2016. Available here.
The God quest: why humans long for immortality
“The God quest: why humans long for immortality”, New Statesman 30 July 2015. Available here.