The discovery of the Higgs Boson was one of the greatest and most exciting discoveries of science – could you...
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Science London have joined forces with the Italian Cultural Institute to bring you two talks on what the recent detection...
'One day, Sir, you may tax it': Faraday's prescient quip when quizzed about the practical value of electricity in 1850...
Join the New Scientist for a special day long event aimed at non-expert, particle physic curious. As you read this billions of...
Light travels extremely fast – in less than a second, it could travel seven times the circumference of the Earth....
UCL's festival of astronomy, cosmology, astrobiology and particle physics will feature exhibits, practical demonstrations, telescopes looking at the Sun, Moon...
The University of the Third Age once again teams up with the Ri for an afternoon of fascinating science talks....
After a two-year break, the Large Hadron Collider is about to restart with almost double the collision energy. Follow six...
I have friends whose idea of heaven - and mine of hell - is Power Ballad Night at the Electric...
Gavin Davies, professor and long-time researcher in the field of physics, presented his inaugural lecture to an eager audience. After...
Higgs boson found ... probably Image: CERN Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva have announced the discovery of...
CERN announces discovery of new particle - but is it Higgs? Earlier this morning, physicists working at the Large Hadron...
With the New Year comes the inevitable question of resolutions - how will you better yourself in 2012? The familiar...
The Thermodynamic "Arrow of Time" in Physics (And to a Lesser Extent, in Snooker) PART 1 | PART 2 |...
In the build-up to CERN's announcement tomorrow, I, Science is going Higgs mad! Here is a great stop-start animation from a...
The word “anti” comes from ancient Greek, which literally translates as “against” or “opposite to” and nowadays is very commonly...
This is the first of a series of posts looking back at the science news of 10 years ago. Read...
Electrons are really, really, really round, according to research conducted by Imperial College scientists. The research, which was published in...
For something so small, it’s not shy of a big theory. In fact, the atom and its activity have a...
Science has a long-standing tradition of making more powerful microscopes, detectors and other instruments in its quest for greater understanding....
Earth-engulfing black holes, continent-crushing asteroids, crop-cremating supernovae. Sounds like science-fiction, or at worst the rant of a lunatic - and...