Physics World Stories Podcast

Physics is full of captivating stories, from ongoing endeavours to explain the cosmos to ingenious i

Episodes

Total: 105

In this episode of the Physics World Stories podcast you will hear from scientists and software eng

Why lie on a beach when you could go to Chernobyl? In the past few years there has been a steady gr

You could be forgiven for thinking the themes in this month’s episode of Physics World Stories have

In June 1925 Werner Heisenberg retreated to Helgoland in the North Sea, a treeless island offering

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are designed to replicate human capabilities, and in some

The global particle physics community has been energised by two recent results that offer tantalisi

1 December 2020 was a dark day for Puerto Rico and the global astronomy community. The iconic Areci

February 2021 is an exciting month for Mars exploration, with three separate missions arriving at t

In this episode of the Physics World Stories podcast, scientists and engineers from the CERN descri

In this episode, Andrew Glester is joined by Physics World journalists to discuss some of 2020’s be

An unlimited world of structures built from precision-engineered unit parts – it is easy to see why

Media coverage of quantum computing often focuses on the long term potential for these devices to l

The news last week that scientists had spotted a potential signature of life in the clouds of Venus

Studies suggest that human error is responsible for over 90% of the 1.25 million people who die eac

Planet Nine is a hypothetical world in the far reaches of our solar system. Proposed in 2016 by Cal

For certain fields of physics, it can be tough to explain how the research has a direct benefit to

In the May 2020 issue of Physics World, science journalist Marric Stevens wrote about the problem o

Across the world, personal and professional lives have been profoundly affected during the past few

Most of the time science appears in the media – including in this podcast – the focus is on the sci

In the latest episode of the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester learns about the acousti