Physics
Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality
Just how much of physics is real, and how much of reality is physics? That’s a theme uniting four major new books in the field
Culture
Environment
Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric
Culture
Humans
Language trends run in mysterious 14-year cycles
News
Technology
Projected sprite makes Shakespeare’s The Tempest a messy triumph
Culture
Humans
Flying machines and chickens: The art of thinking about science
Culture
Humans
When politics fills the language gap, can science be neutral?
Culture
Environment
Future Humans: Just how far can our evolution go?
Culture
Humans
Golden oldies: The pudgy dad hypothesis and why older men matter
Culture
Humans
An enormous shape-shifting artwork – run by yeast
Culture
Environment
What do our natural laws really say about the world?
Four new books show that, one way or another, our planet is wilder and weirder than the rules we are used to would predict
Culture
Humans
The Electric Kool-Aid language test
Culture
Technology
Entering the random world of semi-sentient art
Culture
Life
The paradox of play: Real fun should be terrifying
Culture
Life
Exhibition seeks to put utopia in its place
Culture