Homework help from NASA, rescue missions, top technologies and more
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Golden-anniversary physics, flaming challenges, smart lists and more
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Golden-anniversary physics, flaming challenges, smart lists and more
Bad weather? Blame Santa
Atmospheric scientist Jennifer Francis explains her "Santa's revenge" theory to a receptive AAAS audience
Burning the midnight gas
This morning's AAAS sessions included a fascinating overview of the risks and challenges associated with hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking"
Read article: Burning the midnight gas
Cruise-ship physics, the many ways to tie a tie, shaken-up carbon dating and more
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Cold city, hot science
The 2014 AAAS meeting gets going in Chicago
Read article: Cold city, hot science
Intelligent life on a doughnut, how cats and skiers spin, a marriage made at CERN and more
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Super Bowl, super-chilled leeches, a black hole cake and more
Excerpts from the Red Folder
The February 2014 issue of Physics World is out now
The NSA keys into quantum computing, "fictional" models in science, spikes in your ice tray and much more
Life on Mars?
A lawsuit calls on NASA to investigate a "mushroom-like fungus" spotted on the red planet
