Paul Davies

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without…

The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newton’s formulation of…

For me, science is already fantastical enough. Unlocking the secrets of nature with fundamental physics…

The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex…

Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world…

Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So…

The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science…

Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond…

We will never fully explain the world by appealing to something outside it that must…

Imagine a civilisation that’s way in advance of us wants to communicate with us, and…

A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza…

Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is…

Traditionally, scientists have treated the laws of physics as simply ‘given,’ elegant mathematical relationships that…

Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could…

Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no…