12 March 2021
This week: relief and joy for people in the US, with the news that those who’ve had two doses of vaccine will be allowed to meet up inside with friends and family. The team also discusses the exciting news about how the vaccine might help people with...
10 March 2021
We can grasp the truth about the quantum world, says physicist Carlo Rovelli – as long as we abandon our most cherished assumption about what’s real and what’s not
27 January 2021
"Time" is the most-used noun in the English language, yet some physicists don't even believe that time is real. In this talk, Sean Carroll will argue that time is real, yet that some aspects of it remain mysterious. Time seems to move forward because...
26 January 2021
From the nature of reality to the mysteries of the universe, the world’s best physicists discuss the most ambitious ideas in physics The new Big Ideas in Physics series from Â鶹´«Ã½ events features four online lectures in 2021, covering everything...
13 January 2021
Buddhists recommend living in the present moment, but what exactly is this?
30 December 2020
From Bill Gates's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster to Chiara Marletto's revolutionary recasting of physics, The Science of Can and Can't, 2021 is a blockbuster year for popular science books
10 December 2020
Quantum physics has given us many startling ideas: ghost waves, distant objects that seem magically connected to each other, cats that are both dead and alive. Countless experiments have led to practical applications that shape our daily lives. Today...
2 December 2020
From The End of Everything by Katie Mack and How to Argue with a Racist by Adam Rutherford to Martha Wells’s Murderbot sc-ifi series, Â鶹´«Ã½’s 2020 gift guide has a book for everyone
18 November 2020
16 November 2020
An exceptional cast continues to make His Dark Materials a brilliant show. The introduction of a character who studies the secrets of the cosmos is the cherry on top, says Emily Wilson
