Read article: Unchartered underground
Unchartered underground
Stephen Ornes shines a light on the small band of "speleophysicists" who combine their love of physics with a passion for caves
Read article: Unchartered underground
Read article: The secret life of scientific ideas
The secret life of scientific ideas
How do great ideas in physics come about? Vitor Cardoso shares insights from his web-based project The Birth of an Idea
Read article: Catching gravity, rolling by
Catching gravity, rolling by
David Appell explores how the Advanced LIGO facility is designed to detect gravitational waves
Read article: Curing the Curie complex
Curing the Curie complex
French physicist Hélène Langevin-Joliot – the granddaughter of Marie Curie – discusses the "Curie complex" and shares her tips for scientific success
Read article: The green flash
The green flash
Pete Lawrence describes his quest since childhood to see this elusive phenomenon
Read article: The restless rocks of Racetrack Playa
The restless rocks of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in California's Racetrack Playa are on the move, but how? Brian Jackson describes how he and his colleagues solved a decades-old mystery
Read article: Chasing the Silver Dragon: the physics of tidal bores
Chasing the Silver Dragon: the physics of tidal bores
Michael Berry outlines the science behind tidal bores and describes his sighting in China of one of the most spectacular examples
Read article: The spin of a proton
The spin of a proton
Where does the spin of a proton come from? An answer to this deceptively simple question may finally be within reach, as Edwin Cartlidge reports
Read article: Subterranean science
Subterranean science
Sean Paling and Stephen Sadler describe how deep underground labs are diversifying into areas such as astrobiology and earth sciences
Read article: Your career questions answered
Your career questions answered
Margaret Harris explores the findings of a recent survey that asked physics students to share their career concerns and aspirations
