Alan Turing £50 note is unveiled, how to get a mortgage on the Moon
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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World’s smallest origami bird, why hummingbirds hum, physics meeting ‘ain’t got that swing’
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Women scientists join forces at online quantum summit
Laura Hiscott found an atmosphere of collaboration at the fourth Women in Quantum Summit
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Why Hawaii has the best rainbows, ancient carpet still dazzles thanks to fermented wool
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Winner of Dance Your PhD video contest is very atmospheric, the physics of cooking an egg
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Physics in the pandemic: ‘I took inspiration from the healthcare sector and brought in a therapist for my lab’
Andrea Armani describes how setting up weekly sessions with an external mental health expert has helped her students cope in a radically altered research environment
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Archaeomagnetism, DNA materials and cosmic questions: the March 2021 issue of Physics World is now out
Enjoy the latest issue of your favourite magazine, which is now out in print and digital formats
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Fine structure and black holes
Sidney Perkowitz on attempts to measure the fine structure constant α near black holes
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Dress inspired by Perseverance Rover’s parachute, augmented reality Sun brightens your living room
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Shapley, Curtis and the ‘island universes’ controversy
Logan Chipkin looks at what lessons we can learn from the 1920 “Great Debate” about the scale of the universe
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