Weighty matter: A physicist explains what the change in the definition of the kilogram really means

The international prototype kilogram keeps changing weight so scientists have come up with a new way to calculate.

Kevin Pimbblet, The Conversation

· Nov 17, 2018 · 08:30 pm

What I learned as a hired consultant to autodidact physicists

What is your secret scientific insight – something you suspect is true, even if you can’t prove it?

Sabine Hossenfelder

· Dec 03, 2016 · 08:30 pm

Watch: Here’s how the universe may be preparing to commit suicide

A terrifying theory is, fortunately, still just that: a theory.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 24, 2016 · 01:00 pm

Large Hadron Collider sees tantalising hints of a new particle that could revolutionise physics

Researchers working on the LHC have been struggling to find new particles lately. But the latest results suggest things may be about to change.

Harry Cliff, The Conversation

· Dec 21, 2015 · 04:30 pm

Number-crunching Higgs boson: meet the world's largest distributed computer grid

The 'supercomputer' that processes LHC's data is a networked grid that spans the entire planet.

Tom Whyntie, The Conversation

· Mar 14, 2015 · 04:30 pm