Benford’s law and the Iranian election
What do street house numbers, death rates and election results have in common?
High-flying physicists ranked like WWI fighter pilots
Paul Dirac may be a hundred times less famous than Einstein but he ‘achieved’ nearly half as much, claims new study…
Bringing FRIB to your crib
McAlpine and her crew have released their second rap video -- not about particle physics this time but nuclear physics.
Are we alone?
Guide to spotting life on distant exoplanets
'Telescope time without tears'
If you want your telescope application to be considered, you may have to assess a few proposals yourself...
Pnictide superconductor round-up
If you are wondering what physicists know (and don't know) about pnictide superconductors...
Who needs the lunar breakdown services?
If one of the landing legs is a bit stuck or the lunar module hatch is jammed then just get your hands on the Haynes manual...
Name that element
The GSI lab is getting a lot of practice naming elements...
In da Vinci's footsteps
An afternoon in pursuit of that great Italian polymath, Leonard da Vinci...
Launch date set for new handbag
It is probably not what astronauts would use as their tool bag when in space...
