Read article: The 10 quirkiest physics stories of 2016
We revisit a physicist playing at this year’s Masters golf tournament, a marten putting a halt to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider and much more
Read article: Holiday word challenge
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Read article: Hungry reindeer could mitigate climate change, talking about quantum computing and our breakthroughs of the year
Excerpts from a festive Red Folder
Richard de Grijs previews a new documentary about the people’s history of Chinese astronomy
LIGO scientists explain how they made the first direct detection of two coalescing black holes
Excerpts from the Red Folder
The Physics World Focus on Astronomy and Space is available now
Read article: Physics World’s shortlist for Book of the Year 2016
Our picks for top physics books of the year
Excerpts from the Red Folder
An evening out in London celebrating achievements throughout physics
