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Physics World Stories Podcast

Physics is full of captivating stories, from ongoing endeavours to explain the cosmos to ingenious i

Episodes

Total: 109

Driving in the future

2018/8/17

In the August episode of the Physics World Stories podcast Andrew Glester investigates the challeng

In the July edition of Physics World Stories, Andrew Glester looks at the latest developments in te

Doing business in space

2018/6/18

In this month’s Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester looks at some intriguing developments

In the May episode of our Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester is in conversation with the

Spring has just about sprung here in the UK, as the bluebells and daffodils are emerging after a lo

Artificial intelligence (AI) bots are going to replace our jobs. AI cars are not to be trusted, the

When the SpaceX Falcon Heavy made its maiden launch on 6 February, the overwhelming reaction was on

Physics in 2018

2018/1/23

Fortunately for scientific soothsayers, some developments in 2018 are entirely predictable, not lea

Book of the Year 2017

2017/12/13

Here at Physics World, we love talking about popular-science books. Indeed, we enjoy it so much tha

To say the past couple of years have been a whirlwind for scientists engaged in gravitational-wave

Illuminating a radio icon

2017/10/10

2017 marks a couple of important anniversaries for the astrophysics community at Jodrell Bank. Firs

“Writing the book has made me question my own feelings about the world,” says Saini. The engineer-t

In his quest to find out what makes good science comedy, Glester meets performers at the Green Man

Featured in the podcast is UK recording artist Hannah Peel, along with a track from her 2016 album

Today, in our “post-truth” era, these sorts of statements have become commonplace. A ty

Scientists are aware that many different animals appear sensitive to the Earth’s magnetic field lin

Just 40 light-years from Earth, TRAPPIST-1 is relatively small compared with the size of our Sun, w

As recently reported on this website, the app can be used with virtual reality (VR) headsets, enabl

The proposal comes from a group of researchers at the University of Bristol in the UK, who say they

Book of the Year 2016

2016/12/14

We love talking about great physics books. In fact, we could go on about them for hours. The sparkl