Physics
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Milky Way being pushed through space by cosmic dead zone, say scientistsIt is known that our galaxy is being pulled through space, but cosmologists suspected it was being pushed as well – and new research might confirm it
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First dress made with graphene unveiled in ManchesterLittle black dress uses ‘wonder material’ to translate wearer’s heartbeat into power for built-in LED lights
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Take nobody's word for it – evidence and authority in a world of propaganda‘Nullius in verba’ is a fine ideal, but science is a little bit more complicated than that, as is the world in general
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A new CERN experiment targets even higher energies (eventually)The AWAKE experiment at CERN made a breakthrough at the end of last year. A long-term technology-development project, its aim is to drag electrons through a plasma, behind a beam of protons, and provide a route to higher energies than the Large Hadron Collider
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Constructed reality: are we living in a computer simulation? – tech podcastElon Musk says the likelihood that we are not actually all living in a simulated world is ‘one in billions’. In this episode of Chips with Everything, philosopher and cognitive scientist Dr David Chalmers weighs in to explore those odds
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John Stewart obituaryOther lives: Physicist who was a fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, for more than 40 years
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Star met spectacular fate: death by supermassive black holeScientists believe star suffered rare fate of passing too close to supermassive black hole, releasing flash of light half a trillion times brighter than the sun
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Breakthrough prize awards $25m to researchers at 'Oscars of science'Researchers in life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics share awards from prize founders Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin
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Was Einstein wrong? Physicists challenge speed of light theory – video explainerTwo scientists who dispute the theory of general relatitivity say scientists can now test their controversial idea
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Theory challenging Einstein's view on speed of light could soon be testedNew paper describes for first time how scientists can test controversial idea that speed of light is not a constant
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Big Unknowns: what is dark matter? – Science Weekly podcastMatter as we know it accounts for less than 5% of the known universe - the rest remains something of a mystery
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson: ‘I think the things you might think up in a bar’The astrophysicist has a unique perspective after a life pondering the universe
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The secret life of a physicist: moments of transcendence offset by months of confusionHaving to move position so regularly means there is little stability, but there is something special about uncovering nuggets of universal truth about the cosmos
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Helen Czerski: ‘Physics isn’t all quantum weirdness. It’s about daily life’She’s a ‘bubble scientist’ on a mission to broaden understanding of the physics of the everyday world – take the foam on your cappuccino…
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Nonsense paper written by iOS autocomplete accepted for conferenceNew Zealand professor asked to present his work at US event on nuclear physics despite it containing gibberish all through the copy
Digested read Quantum Mechanics: A Ladybird Expert Book by Jim Al-Khalili – digested read