Italian space agency still in flux
Yesterday afternoon, I had a brief chat with Enrico Saggese, the controversial new commissioner of the Italian Space Agency...
Space fair starts with a shower
The weather was dry as I arrived yesterday at the armadillo-shaped congress centre in Glasgow for the 59th International Astronautical Congress...
A triplet of rovibrational ground states
Rovibrational ground states are a bit like buses - you wait a long time for nothing and then three come along one after another.
'Up-tight' at CERN?
Dorigo spends most of his time working on the LHC's CMS experiment - so what does he have to say about the recent setbacks?...
Lehman Bros 'killed by complexity'
Have rocket scientists built 'financial weapons of mass destruction'?...
Should cameras be banned at conference presentations?
Physicists used to be able to show preliminary results at conference presentations...
How fast could Usain Bolt have run the 100-metre dash?
Four physicists in Norway have analysed video of the race and concluded...
Read article: Blog life: Leaves on the Line
Blog life: Leaves on the Line
Andrew Jaffe: an American in London
Let's romp
A "romp" session at a scientific conference surely needs some explanation...
Physics hits the festival circuit
Next weekend revellers at the Green Man festival in South Wales will experience music, dance...and physics!...
