Fermilab on film
What does it feel like to work for an organization that -- despite its considerable fame and all the talent it has nurtured over the years -- is about to be outclassed? A new film about life at Fer...
And the most popular cover is…
My favourite – a brilliant homage to Roy Lichtenstein – was runner up...
Einstein and Eddington film
There's a new film about Einstein and Eddington coming to UK television screens this Saturday...
UK schools to get 1000 telescopes
In 1609 the Tuscan polymath Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to point a telescope skywards...
Droplets wobble and dance
In my favourite example, a droplet literally goes pear-shaped before wobbling back...
The trick to talking science: explain the ‘how’ and the ‘why’
One of the best features of the web is that it allows readers to give their opinion freely on the news...
Rocket to study origin of radio loss in Northern Lights
Flying over the Arctic can be like being on the far side of the moon...
APS asks Obama to consider energy efficiency
Obama has faced a barrage of recommendations into how he should run office come 20 January next year...
Joseph Rotblat – a man of conscience in the nuclear age
'Remember your humanity and forget the rest'...
Ice: a most curious substance
One of my favourite memories of childhood is travelling across a frozen lake in the backseat of a circa-1975 Buick LeSabre...
