Everyday science Blog Slippery surface could improve your toilet experience, why ice can be sticky or slippery Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Slippery surface could improve your toilet experience, why ice can be sticky or slippery
Everyday science Blog Cosmic-ray exposure on space missions could cause erectile dysfunction, liquid channels in ice boost frost damage Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Cosmic-ray exposure on space missions could cause erectile dysfunction, liquid channels in ice boost frost damage
Education and outreach Blog A flaming good feeling: why science is nothing without experiments Dan Roach describes his experiences returning to physics as a mature student with the Open University in the UK Read article: A flaming good feeling: why science is nothing without experiments
Everyday science Blog Physicist runs across US in record time, NASA tool bag joins growing field of space junk Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Physicist runs across US in record time, NASA tool bag joins growing field of space junk
Culture, history and society Blog Thomas Young: could a polymath like him exist today? Matin Durrani is not sure that a polymath like Thomas Young could emerge in modern times Read article: Thomas Young: could a polymath like him exist today?
Culture, history and society Blog Belly flop mechanics, crickets calls, the universe in full colour Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Belly flop mechanics, crickets calls, the universe in full colour
Astronomy and space Blog European Space Agency’s Euclid mission takes its first dazzling images of the cosmos The five images show galaxies, globular clusters and nebulae in incredible detail Read article: European Space Agency’s Euclid mission takes its first dazzling images of the cosmos
Everyday science Blog Tube map of famous engineers, physics of Jackson Pollock, George Washington’s imperial love Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Tube map of famous engineers, physics of Jackson Pollock, George Washington’s imperial love
Artificial intelligence Blog What role should physicists play in AI safety? This week’s global summit gets Institute of Physics president Keith Burnett musing about what the physics community can bring to the debate Read article: What role should physicists play in AI safety?
Everyday science Blog Much ado about boffins, radon spa in the Alps, collider-inspired Halloween costumes Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Much ado about boffins, radon spa in the Alps, collider-inspired Halloween costumes