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- Robert Gast for Spektrum der Wissenschaft about the question whether the laws of nature are, or should be, beautiful (in German): “Wie schön ist das Universum?”
- Daniel Cossins for New Scientists about the failure of arguments from beauty in particle physics: “Welcome to the Ugliverse.”
- Ananyo Bhattacharya for The Economist about the search for supersymmetry which continues to be unsuccesful: “A bet about a cherished theory of physics may soon pay out” and “Fundamental physics is frustrating physicists.”
- Sabine Hossenfelder for NPR about “Scientific theory and the multiverse madness.”
- Martijn van Calmthout for de Volkskrant (in Dutch): “Is een mooie theorie wel echt beter dan een lelijke?”
- George Ellis and Joe Silk in Nature about their worries that physicists are discarding the scientific method (Chapter 3): “Scientific method: Defend the integrity of physics.”
- Natalie Wolchover for Quanta Magazine about the Munich meeting (Chapter 3): “A Fight for the Soul Of Science.”
- A more technical discussion of Sabine Hossenfelder's arguments against naturalness (Appendix B): “Screams for Explanation: Finetuning and Naturalness in the Foundations of Physics.”
- Sabine Hossenfelder about the lack of new physics at the LHC and what that means for the future of particle physics.