25 January 2023
Margaret Drabble, Luan Goldie, Steven Moffat and Stephen Baxter are among the top writers in Collision, an anthology that transmutes CERN's elusive research into science fiction
21 January 2021
Equations show that jumping at 60 degrees relative to the horizontal helps insects avoid hitting obstacles – a finding that might help in the design of space exploration rovers
15 May 2019
In his monthly film column, Simon Ings finds that invoking the quantum world is a great way out for Avengers-style franchises when they want to mess with time
16 April 2019
Einstein’s genius casts a long shadow over fundamental physics. The documentary Chasing Einstein wonders if reverence for the past is blocking breakthroughs
27 February 2019
In Netflix's sci-fi smash Russian Doll, Nadia uses multiverse magic to break out of an endless loop of death – a reminder that it pays to remember your physics
27 February 2019
Physicist and BBC presenter Jim Al-Khalili reveals how he kept his novel Sunfall real – while still being a nail-biting page-turner
25 October 2018
Teleportation is real – but it’s not what you think. Mathematical physicist Ivette Fuentes teases the science from the sci-fi
17 October 2018
When two black holes orbit one another, they create a swirling vortex of gravitational waves that could trap any nearby objects like a sci-fi tractor beam
15 February 2018
Photons don’t normally make friends, but now three have been bound together into a brand-new form of light by tricking them into acting like atoms
24 January 2018
By moving a single particle with an invisible laser beam, we can create three-dimensional images like the holograms in sci-fi movies that float in thin air
