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    The tendency of 'uneducated' people to compress the number scale for big numbers is actually an admirable way of measuring the world, says Philip Ball.

    29 May 2008

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    Online access to scientific journals can be a mixed blessing, as Philip Ball finds out.

    17 July 2008

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    Scientists and the media have a notoriously difficult relationship, but maybe they get on better than we think, says Philip Ball.

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    The physics that the Large Hadron Collider will explore has tentative philosophical foundations. But that#25;s a good thing, says Philip Ball.

    03 July 2008

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  • Why we should love logarithms

    The tendency of 'uneducated' people to compress the number scale for big numbers is actually an admirable way of measuring the world, says Philip Ball.

    Thu May 29 18:00:00 EDT 2008

  • The scientist delusion

    Religious resistance to science is often exaggerated, but fresh problems may lie ahead, says David Goldston.

    Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2008

  • Who says the Internet broadens your horizons?

    Online access to scientific journals can be a mixed blessing, as Philip Ball finds out.

    Thu Jul 17 18:00:00 EDT 2008

  • Behind the mask of the LHC

    The physics that the Large Hadron Collider will explore has tentative philosophical foundations. But that#25;s a good thing, says Philip Ball.

    Thu Jul 03 17:18:18 EDT 2008

  • You can't control irrational people

    Many of us who write on scientific issues have our work distorted by others, but that doesn't mean we should retract our words, says Michael Hopkin.

    Fri Oct 26 16:57:43 EDT 2007

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