Read article: The physics of cycling’s ‘Everesting’ challenge revealed
Everesting involves a cyclist riding up and down a given hill multiple times until the ascent totals the elevation of Mount Everest – or 8848 m
Read article: The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2024 is out now
Find out more about designs for a muon collider and why gender diversity in big science needs recognition
Read article: Annular eclipse photograph bags Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
The image captures the progression of Baily’s beads, which are only visible when the Moon either enters or exits an eclipse
Read article: BepiColombo takes its best images yet of Mercury’s peppered landscape
The spacecraft had a clear view of Mercury’s south pole for the first time during a recent flyby
Read article: Researchers cut to the chase on the physics of paper cuts
A paper cut “sweet spot” just happens to be close to the thickness of paper in print magazines
Read article: LUX-ZEPLIN ‘digs deeper’ for dark-matter WIMPs
Announcement makes us pine for the Black Hills
Read article: Atomic clocks on the Moon could create ‘lunar positioning system’
Lunar time standard would avoid pitfalls of time dilation
Read article: CERN’s Science Gateway picked by Time magazine as one of the ‘world’s greatest places’ to visit
The gateway ‘bridges the gap between the general public and the people in lab coats’
Read article: Pumping on a half-pipe: physicists model a skateboarding skill
Variable pendulum describes how energy is pumped into the system
Read article: Rumours spread like nuclear fission, say physicists
Neutrons are rumours and people are uranium isotopes in new model
