The Physics of ribbon curling
One of the greatest scientific mysteries of the 21st Century has been solved, I joke of course. This piece of science news is in my mind a wonderful display of […]
Tag Archives: Physics
It’s getting hot in here
I have been doing a lot of reading around global warming – partly from an academic perspective and in part for general interest. It really is a hot topic (pun […]
I’d rather be late to the party, than not arrive at all
Happy Sunday my friends. Over the last week the science community has been buzzing. In many many ways this is great… I love it when the front page of newspapers are […]
When a great man speaks
This post is to serve as a recommendation to anyone who might not have yet caught the Reith Lectures for 2016 – because they are well worth it. I was […]
Warmth in the darkest of places
Black holes have been a source of fascination for physicists and science generalists for years. There is no way to actually observe what happens in a black hole, due to […]
The limitations of life
Of great fascination to me is speed – a simple but often overlooked little quality representing the rate of change of position over time. One of the really exciting things […]
The beauty of being the same
As is the case with many of the important things in the universe, they pass by without due consideration. Today we muse over a funny old thing – symmetry. The […]
Why does the sky bleed?
The above photograph shows the view from my bedroom on a winters morning. It is one of the traits of any scientist when they see something like this to stop […]
Physics has so much potential
I have known what potential energy is for a very long time, but it is only of late I think I have truly began to appreciate its subtly in describing […]
The world is a hologram?
This idea was first but forward by one of the best Theoretical Physicists alive today – Gerard ’t Hooft. One of the great things about this man (aside from the […]
Rationalising The Universe 