Read article: From prairie to energy frontier
From prairie to energy frontier
Robert Roser examines the history of Fermilab
Read article: From prairie to energy frontier
Read article: Religion explained
Religion explained
Robert P Crease uncovers the secret of the conflict between science and religion in responses to a Physics World survey
Read article: In praise of Darwin
In praise of Darwin
Darwin was no physicist, but his approach to science will be familiar to us
Read article: The call of the wild
The call of the wild
Robert P Crease talks to a former string theorist who found what he wanted in science when he applied the tools of physics to fundamental questions in biology
Read article: How physics can inspire biology
How physics can inspire biology
Alexei Kornyshev thinks that physicists and biologists are now working more closely together than ever before, but that barriers to closer collaboration still exist
Read article: Web life: Foldit
Web life: Foldit
How protein folding can be fun
Read article: Between chance and necessity
Between chance and necessity
Andrew Steane reviews Stuart Kauffman's Reinventing the Sacred
Read article: Web life: Phun
Web life: Phun
So what is the site about? Phun is a free, downloadable physics-simulation programme that bills itself as a “2D physics sandbox”. The programme’s limitless virtual space allows users...
Read article: The power of robotics
The power of robotics
Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease
Read article: Is there really no place like home?
Is there really no place like home?
From zero to 350 in less than 14 years — this is the impressive track record of astronomers searching for planets orbiting other suns. In 1995 when two Swiss astronomers discovered that the star...
