Read article: Secrets and spies
Secrets and spies
Jeff Hughes probes the early history of nuclear weapons
Read article: Secrets and spies
Read article: Uranium bombs
Uranium bombs
Gerard DeGroot is underwhelmed by a new history of the nuclear age
Read article: Sustainability made simple
Sustainability made simple
Niall MacKay and Roger Edgar assess what the UK government's new climate adviser has to say on energy
Read article: Profiles of genius and persecution
Profiles of genius and persecution
Dan Falk asks if anything unites the many Jewish successful physicists of the 20th century
Read article: Publicize or perish
Publicize or perish
Joseph Romm urges scientists to do much more to warn the public of the dangers of climate change
Read article: Challenges in tackling climate change
Challenges in tackling climate change
In order to limit global warming by reducing carbon emissions, Lord Browne argues that the biggest barriers to a low-carbon economy in the UK are not scientific or technological but...
Read article: Web life: Clim’City
Web life: Clim’City
Try the game that lets you stave off climate change
Read article: Plan B for climate change
Plan B for climate change
Techniques to manipulate the Earth's climate are now rightly entering mainstream debate
Read article: Religion explained
Religion explained
Robert P Crease uncovers the secret of the conflict between science and religion in responses to a Physics World survey
Read article: Web life: Phun
Web life: Phun
So what is the site about? Phun is a free, downloadable physics-simulation programme that bills itself as a “2D physics sandbox”. The programme’s limitless virtual space allows users...
