The drop heard round the world
Shane D Bergin, Stefan Hutzler and Denis Weaire describe how a funnel full of pitch became a media sensation
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Our wobbly galaxy: the surprising undulations of the Milky Way
It is well known that the Milky Way rotates around a supermassive black hole, but researchers have found that our galaxy undulates up and down as well like a giant galactic merry-go-round
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Brazil transforms its research landscape
As Brazil climbs up the global economic leaderboard, a rapid increase in science funding is transforming the country’s research landscape
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The power of silence
Felicity Mellor explains why today's physicists need time and space to think
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Habits of mind: how thinking like a scientist can improve teaching physics
Eugenia Etkina and Gorazd Planinšič describe how research into how people learn is reshaping the way they teach physics
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Navigating new cultures
A diverse group of physicists describe their experiences of working abroad to Sharon Ann Holgate
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The power of YouTube
Philip Moriarty describes his experiences in front of the camera as one of the stars of the Sixty Symbols series YouTube videos
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How fictional models shape science
Margaret Morrison explores “fictional” models in physics such as James Clerk Maxwell's invisible, all-pervasive “aether”
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The lure of G
Jon Cartwright finds out why physicists are still scratching their heads over the value of the gravitational constant, "big G"
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Technology whose time has come
Joshua Pearce describes how open-source appropriate technology is bringing simple and life-changing devices to people all over the world
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