Lovely bubbly: six scientific secrets of champagne
As the festive season approaches, many of you will be looking forward to popping open a bottle of champagne. But before you treat yourself to a bottle, do check out our cover feature, in which fizzy-wine physicist Gérard Liger-Belair reveals his top six champagne secrets. He explains why a fog appears when you pop open a bottle, the angle at which you should pour the wine into a glass, and how many bubbles there are in a typical glass of fizz. This issue also contains a fabulous flow chart, in which you can find out what sort of scientist you are, a fantastic selection of Christmas books and a feature all about how origami is moving from art to application.
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