Nearly seeing Hawking radiation?
Astrophysicists have known for more than three decades that black holes shouldn't be totally black...
Einstein's mistakes
'Many of [Einstein's] ground-breaking discoveries were blighted by mistakes, ranging from serious misconceptions in physics to blatant errors in mathematics'...
The return of the 'Science Warrior'
Plugging his new book in Bristol, UK, last night was arch-rationalist Alan Sokal...
Who cares if it’s not even wrong?
"So what would you do if string theory is wrong?" asks string theorist Moataz Emam in a paper posted on arXiv yesterday...
Is this the youngest professor ever?
Alia Sabur has allegedly broken the record for the world's youngest professor...
Nickel-based compound joins a new class of superconductor
The high Tc superconductivity community has been abuzz lately with the discovery of a growing number of iron-based materials...
LHC magnets pass test
On April 3 last year, the left-hand side of the Fermilab Today website had a graphical weather forecast depicting storm clouds...
'He should seriously consider his position'
The current "crisis" in physics funding in the UK was big news this morning on BBC Radio 4's Today programme...
Computing with Playstations
With $5000 of his research grant left burning a hole in his wallet earlier this year, Frank Mueller decided to hit the shops...
Tabloid climate change
You don't need a research paper to tell you that tabloid newspapers aren't the best source of scientific information...
