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Philosophy, sociology and religion

Philosophy, sociology and religion

Dialling up the cosmos

15 Jan 2015
Taken from the January 2015 issue of Physics World

New apps allow smartphone users to join the hunt for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Edwin Cartlidge asks whether networks of these miniature particle detectors might outperform huge multi-million-dollar observatories

Artistic impressionof cascades of particles emanating from a distant light source in the night sky
Sky at night: Artistic impression showing cascades of particles emanating from a distant light source in the night sky, above a town in a mountainous area lit by streetlights. (Courtesy: ASPERA/Novapix/L Bret)
Harnessing the technology, and curiosity, of the public in the pursuit of scientific discovery is no

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Edwin Cartlidge is a science writer based in Rome, Italy, e-mail edwin.cartlidge@yahoo.com
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