Quantum mechanics in a cup of coffee, hamming it up to the space station, the laws of political physics and more
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How far away can you see light from a candle?
Astronomers show that the distance is shorter than many people think
Browsing the Milky Way at the IAU General Assembly in Honolulu
Politics and astronomy meet in the pages of Kai‘aleleiaka
Re-examining the decision to bomb Hiroshima
Were there more options than to simply bomb or invade?
Faraday explodes in court, NIST is entangled in dance, and Oliver Sacks’ periodic table
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The August 2015 issue of Physics World is now out
Helping scientists to work with politicians, the "Curie complex" and much more
Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam was a 'scientist and a statesman'
India's 11th president, who died on Monday, leaves behind a scientific legacy
The Magnus effect in action, destroying the world, an astrophysicist camps out in Manchester and more
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The search for alien life gathers pace
But what would we do if we found we are not alone?
Balancing bicycles, looking back on Trinity, pricing up Pluto and more
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