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Music from our material world
From Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” concertos to the Beatles’ “Blackbird” – musicians have always been inspired by nature. Many artists have even incor…
4 years, 1 month ago
The James Webb Space Telescope launches astronomy into a new era
After decades in the making, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finally launched on 25 December 2021, ushering in a new era for astronomy. On Mond…
4 years, 3 months ago
Physics books that captured the imagination in 2021
In keeping with our festive tradition, the December episode of Physics World Stories is all about physics books. Host Andrew Glester is joined by Phy…
4 years, 4 months ago
Sharing is caring: open hardware has global impact
The open hardware movement advocates the sharing of designs for material objects. For the global science community it means people can access instruc…
4 years, 5 months ago
Searching for signs of alien technologies
In this episode of the Physics World Stories podcast astronomers discuss the search for signs of extraterrestrial technologies. Fingerprints might in…
4 years, 6 months ago
Free and open-source software is driving physics forwards
In this episode of the Physics World Stories podcast you will hear from scientists and software engineers at the vanguard of developing free and open…
4 years, 7 months ago
We’re all going on a geeky holiday
Why lie on a beach when you could go to Chernobyl? In the past few years there has been a steady growth in alternative tourism, which includes people…
4 years, 8 months ago
Deflecting asteroids and exploring a metal world
You could be forgiven for thinking the themes in this month’s episode of Physics World Stories have been stolen from Hollywood. Podcast host Andrew G…
4 years, 9 months ago
Helgoland and the captivating origins of quantum theory
In June 1925 Werner Heisenberg retreated to Helgoland in the North Sea, a treeless island offering the 23-year-old German physicist a space to think,…
4 years, 10 months ago
The bots are not as fair-minded as they seem
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are designed to replicate human capabilities, and in some cases improve upon them. Lifelike robots are phys…
4 years, 11 months ago