NJP shines a light on cloaking
'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'...
An ethnic theory for plane crashes
The virtuoso author Malcolm Gladwell came to London for one day to present his new book
Adopt 'dual-track" policy on nuclear weapons, scientists tell Obama
I'll drop mine when you drop yours...
Even more physics on film
Now, it's Anton Zeilinger's turn to hit the silver screen...
Fermilab on film
What does it feel like to work for an organization that -- despite its considerable fame and all the talent it has nurtured over the years -- is about to be outclassed? A new film about life at Fer...
And the most popular cover is…
My favourite – a brilliant homage to Roy Lichtenstein – was runner up...
Einstein and Eddington film
There's a new film about Einstein and Eddington coming to UK television screens this Saturday...
UK schools to get 1000 telescopes
In 1609 the Tuscan polymath Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to point a telescope skywards...
Droplets wobble and dance
In my favourite example, a droplet literally goes pear-shaped before wobbling back...
The trick to talking science: explain the ‘how’ and the ‘why’
One of the best features of the web is that it allows readers to give their opinion freely on the news...
