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Jim Al-Khalili on the joy of science and how to stay curious

Jim Al-Khalili on the joy of science and how to stay curious

23 March 2022

Physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili discusses the power of wonder, the importance of overcoming our biases and the biggest mysteries in fundamental physics
Six pointed snowflake

Kenneth Libbrecht interview: A grand unified theory of snowflakes

15 December 2021

Snowflakes can form in either a plate or column shape, but no one understood why – until physicist Kenneth Libbrecht investigated. His theory is the result of two decades making snow in the lab

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