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Opinion
Planning the world's next collider
Jul 26, 2012 12 comments
Lyn Evans on what comes next after CERN's Large Hadron Collider
Sporting knowledge
Jul 5, 2012 2 comments
Robert P Crease wonders if athletes really "know" the laws of physics
Introducing the higgson
Jul 4, 2012 10 comments
Gordon Fraser and Michael Riordan explain why the Higgs boson should be called simply the "higgson"
Peter Higgs in the spotlight
Jun 28, 2012 3 comments
Peter Higgs speaks to Physics World about his life in science and the search for the eponymous boson in a special audio interview
Quantum guidebooks
Jun 7, 2012 1 comment
Robert P Crease surveys the many tour guides to the quantum world
Atmospheric tales
May 1, 2012 2 comments
Robert P Crease asks why the discovery of Venus's atmosphere is still so controversial
Neil deGrasse Tyson makes the case for space exploration
Apr 25, 2012
Grand visions for space "trigger a wave of innovation", says US astrophysicist
The cat that never dies
Apr 12, 2012 8 comments
Robert P Crease explains the enduring fascination with Schrödinger's cat
Geoengineering: the pitfalls and politics
Mar 21, 2012
US geoscientist Ken Caldeira explains why he has reservations about tinkering with the climate
When the Earth's magnetic field flips
Mar 15, 2012 8 comments
French geophysicist Vincent Courtillot discusses why the Earth's magnetic field occasionally flips
Lessons from Fukushima
Mar 6, 2012 1 comment
Mike Weightman says improving nuclear safety should never stop
Fruitloopery
Feb 23, 2012 4 comments
Robert P Crease bemoans the misuse of technical terms in science
Presidential pledges
Jan 5, 2012 5 comments
Robert P Crease proposes pledges to help voters to evaluate US presidential candidates
Let there be a year of light
Dec 15, 2011 1 comment
Luisa Cifarelli calls for 2015 to be the International Year of Light
The brave new-media world
Nov 10, 2011 1 comment
Chad Orzel says physicists have to get used to doing science in the open
