January 9, 2017

By Amy Smith

Long live the LHC

January 9, 2017

By Amy Smith

Technology is always being improved and replaced. How does this affect immense, international, collaborative projects like the Large Hadron Collider?

December 13, 2016

By Samantha Passey

Issue 17, Physical Science

Unbreak my heart

December 13, 2016

By Samantha Passey

Issue 17, Physical Science

With heart disease on the rise and a chronic shortage of donor organs for transplant, can technology come to the rescue to build an artificial replacement heart?

November 7, 2016

By James O'Connor

Issue 16, Physical Science

Stimulation simulation

November 7, 2016

By James O'Connor

Issue 16, Physical Science

Virtual reality is the next big thing in the pornography industry, but will it be able to progress beyond novelty?

October 19, 2016

By Lauren Fuge

Physical Science, Issue 15

Athabasca’s disappearing act

October 19, 2016

By Lauren Fuge

Physical Science, Issue 15

Have you ever had a personal experience that made you palpably feel the effects of climate change? Perhaps a trip to a glacier is in order.

October 3, 2016

By Ellen Rykers

Issue 15, Physical Science

Surrogates in space

October 3, 2016

By Ellen Rykers

Issue 15, Physical Science

Human space exploration has languished in recent years while robots lead the charge into the final frontier. Will humans ever venture beyond our pale blue dot?

September 8, 2016

By Justin Hermogenes

Issue 14, Physical Science

An astronomical transformation

September 8, 2016

By Justin Hermogenes

Issue 14, Physical Science

Our interpretation of the universe and our place in it has slowly evolved over time. From hollow wheels of mist to fiery gas bodies, we’ve come a long way in 2,600 years.

August 8, 2016

By Sandhya Ramesh

Issue 13, Physical Science

Walls of water

August 8, 2016

By Sandhya Ramesh

Issue 13, Physical Science

Tsunamis have horrified us for millennia. From early Japanese lore to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, we’ve come a long way in understanding how they work.

July 29, 2016

By Tim Newport

Issue 12, Physical Science

How is a traffic jam like a lightning strike?

July 29, 2016

By Tim Newport

Issue 12, Physical Science

How is a traffic jam like a lightning strike?

When we look at things move, we intuitively gauge their direction. But what if our intuition is wrong?

July 5, 2016

By Tessa Evans

Physical Science, Issue 12

The unit revolution

July 5, 2016

By Tessa Evans

Physical Science, Issue 12

To find the universal measurement of a metre, French scientists struggled through seven years of trials and tribulations during the French Revolution.