Water bears on the Moon, tricky maths problem, and an atomic tipple
A selection of stories from the quirkier side of physics this week
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Glaciologist Princess Elsa, fluid dynamics of giant bubbles, and the physics of an ‘epic’ baseball pitch
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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The science of baking, making physics more diverse, and the invisibility of length contraction
The August 2019 issue of Physics World is now out in print, digitally and via the app
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Moon of many faces
Sarah Tesh picks out some alternative views of the Moon
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Robot tests padel racquets, mountains nearly derailed physics career, the skyscraper that did not blow down
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Microbes and the Moon
Michael Hill-King explores why the Apollo 11 astronauts were quarantined on their return to Earth
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Quantum tic-tac-toe, Stanley Kubrick and Moon landing fakes, why become a particle theorist?
Excerpts from the Red Folder
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AAPM 2019: medical physicists assemble in Texas
At this year's meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the temperature was scorching and the physics was exceptional
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A gathering of nuclear detectives
CSI: Nuclear Forensics doesn’t exist, but a conference in Bristol last week was the next best thing
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Advanced microscopy pioneer leaves broad ranging legacy
Inventor of acoustic and atomic force microscopy, Calvin Quate dies aged 95
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