Inside Mexico’s giant centre of learning
Why big is sometimes also best
Read article: 15 years and counting
15 years and counting
Robert P Crease reflects on a decade and a half of the Physics World Critical Point column
Read article: Amazing science demo five: Double Doppler with Train Set
Amazing science demo five: Double Doppler with Train Set
A simple demonstration of this fundamental physics principle
Read article: Amazing science demo four: Ball River Bobsleigh
Amazing science demo four: Ball River Bobsleigh
How to create a racetrack with household items
Read article: Fight over light
Fight over light
Robert P Crease examines why Goethe so savagely attacked Newton's views on optics
Read article: Amazing science demo three: Talking Sparks
Amazing science demo three: Talking Sparks
How to make a DIY Victorian radio
Read article: Fostering talent
Fostering talent
Abraham Loeb on how to nurture promising students before they have made their discoveries
Read article: Amazing science demo two: Newton’s Three Laws Cannon
Amazing science demo two: Newton’s Three Laws Cannon
A cannon created from a plastic pipe and corks is used to demonstrate Newton's three laws of motion
Read article: Communicating discovery: the importance of getting it right
Communicating discovery: the importance of getting it right
Simon Perks reminds scientists how important it is to effectively inform the public about their work
Five amazing physics demonstrations
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