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Reclaiming the stars

An amateur astronomer struggles to find darkness amid the dazzling lights of New York City

Meet the kaleidoholics

Robert P Crease stumbles into the incredible world of a "philosophical toy" that’s 200 years old

Photo of the image inside a standard kaleidoscope

Unveiling your secret superpower

There's more to light than first meets the eye, says David Shane, who reveals how you can actually see polarized light, if you try hard enough

a woman's eye looking at some optical fibres that light up the scene in a greenish-blue colour

Science demonstration: how to bend light using high-street lenses

Neil Downie shows how you can recreate particle accelerators without breaking the bank

Quantum-inspired art

Robert P Crease drops in on an exhibition exploring how quantum physics inspires graphic artists

exhibition curator Lorraine Walsh with scientist and artist Eric Heller

Dialling up the cosmos

Edwin Cartlidge reports on the new apps that allow smartphone users to detect cosmic rays

Artistic impressionof cascades of particles emanating from a distant light source in the night sky

Fears and hopes for physics education in India

While India boasts some world-leading research institutes, more needs to be done to bolster universities to attract the next generation

The world of physics in 2015

Find out more about the key physics events of the coming year – and those we predict might happen

Photograph of the Rainbow Station art installation at Amsterdam Central Station

Literature of the lab

Robert P Crease wants your picks for the best fiction books set in physics labs

Film still from the movie version of Dan Brown's novel Angels and Demons

Web life: Particle Clicker

Build your own simulated particle-physics experiment, one mouse click at a time

The main page of the Particle Clicker website

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