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Physics is full of captivating stories, from ongoing endeavours to explain the cosmos to ingenious innovations that shape the world around us. In the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Gl...

The latest episode of Physics World Stories dives into a remarkable archival release. A series of audio interviews with Robert Oppenheimer,...

What happens when hard science fiction collides with big-budget cinema? The latest episode of Physics World Stories delves into the ideas wi...

On 26 April 2026, it will be 40 years since the explosion at Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant – the worst nuclear accident the wo...

In this episode of Physics World Stories , host Andrew Glester explores the fascinating hunt for pristine comets – icy bodies that preserve...

The latest episode of Physics World Stories takes you inside CUWiP+ , the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Non-Binary Physicists, and...

In this episode of Physics World Stories , theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author Paul Davies discusses his latest book, Quantum 2.0:...

This episode of Physics World Stories features an interview with Jessica Esquivel and Emily Esquivel – the creative duo behind Queer Quest ....

In this episode of the Physics World Stories podcast, Rosemary Coogan offers a glimpse into life as one of the European Space Agency’s...

In the folklore of physics, the origins of quantum mechanics are often told as the story of a handful of brilliant young men, trading ideas...

What happens when you put a visual artist in the middle of a quantum physics lab? This month’s Physics World Stories podcast explores that v...

What does quantum physics have to do with vibrant oil paintings and the ghostly grin of a disappearing cat? Quite a lot, as it turns out. In...

What do pulsars, nuclear politics and hypothetical love particles have in common? They’ve all inspired songs by Lynda Williams – physicist,...

In this episode of Physics World Stories , writer Kevlin Henney discusses his new flash fiction, Heisenberg (not) in Helgoland – written exc...

Artificial intelligence is transforming physics at an unprecedented pace. In the latest episode of Physics World Stories , host Andrew Glest...

Volcanoes are awe-inspiring beasts. They spew molten rivers, towering ash plumes, and – in rarer cases – delicate glassy formations known as...

In this episode of Physics World Stories , we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Werner Heisenberg’s trip to the North Sea island of Helgola...

In this episode of Physics World Stories , host Andrew Glester interviews Mark Levinson, a former theoretical particle physicist turned accl...

In this episode of Physics World Stories , astronaut Eileen Collins shares her extraordinary journey as the first woman to pilot and command...

In this episode of Physics World Stories , host Andrew Glester shepherds you through the fascinating world of crowd dynamics. While gazing a...

The quantum industry in booming. An estimated $42bn was invested in the sector in 2023 and is projected to rise to $106 billion by 2040. In...
When former physicist James Gillies sat down for dinner in 2009 with actors Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer, joined by legendary director Ron How...

With the 2024 Paris Olympics just days away, sports fans are braced to see who will run, jump, row, fight and dance themselves into the hist...

For sports fans, the next few weeks will bring excitement and drama. The Euro 2024 football (soccer) tournament is under way in Germany and...
Whether you’re a Swiftie, a devout metalhead, or a 1980s synth pop aficionado, there is something for every musical taste in this month’s Ph...

This episode of Physics World Stories explores the science, politics and ethics in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem . Adapted from the cele...

This month’s episode of Physics World Stories features an interview with composer Amanda Lee Falkenberg with music from her The Moons Sympho...
Coke or Pepsi? Messi or Ronaldo? Taylor Swift or…well, without wanting to set the Swifties against Physics World , let’s just sa...

In the latest Physics World Stories podcast, astrophysicist Emma Chapman is in conversation with host Andrew Glester about the history of ra...

Over the past half century, laser cooling has revolutionized atomic, molecular and optical physics. Laser cooling of atoms and ions has enab...

This episode of the Physics World Stories podcast features an interview with Kai Bird , co-author of the book that inspired the recent block...

This year, 2023, marks the half-way point to the 2030 deadline for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recent global deve...

Energy accounts for more than three-quarters of our greenhouse gas emissions globally each year. That’s not surprising, given the role of en...

In recent weeks the astrophysics community has been buzzing following the discovery that the universe appears to be filled with a background...

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel who died earlier this year, is famous for forecasting a continuous rise in the density of transistors...

When discussing the capabilities of the latest AI chatbots, a physicist may argue: “Okay, they’re impressive at regurgitating texts that sou...

If you were awarded $3m prize money for your scientific excellence and hard graft, would you give it all away to strangers? That’s what the...
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are set to play a key role in the transition to a decarbonized world. They are one of the principal energy sour...

When pioneering musicians such as Kraftwerk and Brian Eno began experimenting with synthesizers and digital samplers in the 1970s, it was co...

A new film Space, Hope and Charity tells the story of Charity Woodrum , an astrophysicist whose childhood dream of working for NASA was near...

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently made history by selecting John McFall – an amputee, Paralympic sprinter and medical scientist – amo...

Long-term listeners will know that the December episode of Physics World Stories is a celebration of the year’s best popular-science w...

This month’s episode of the Physics World Stories podcast looks in depth at the science behind the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physics and the tech...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is about to kick off in Qatar, with millions of football fans across the planet set to be gripped by sporting drama....

Researchers in the United Kingdom are facing an uncertain future, due to a political spat about the UK’s participation in Horizon Europe – E...

A small alien creature crash lands on Earth before striking up a rapport with a boy. Sound familiar? Two decades before ET was released, Ind...

Everyone knew something big was coming. Students had camped outside CERN ’s designated seminar hall overnight in the hope of grabbing one of...

From windows and bottles, to optical fibres and solar cells, glass is an incredibly versatile material that underpins many technologies. In...

Science benefits enormously from supercomputing, which enables researchers to process vast amounts of data and conduct complex simulations....

One of longest-running physics jokes is that, despite numerous promising breakthroughs, practical nuclear fusion will forever be 30 years aw...

From Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” concertos to the Beatles’ “Blackbird” – musicians have always been inspired by nat...