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Event Horizon Telescope’s Shep Doeleman explains how to image a black hole
In this week's podcast we marvel at our growing understanding of black holes
Five more of the best physics breakthroughs of 2019
Physics World editors chat about some of the most exciting physics that we have covered this year
Five of the best physics breakthroughs of 2019
Physics World editors chat about some of the most exciting physics that we have covered this year
Celebrating 10 years of the Physics World Book of the Year
We review some of our favourite books of the last decade
Artificial intelligence in medical physics, quantum computing in silicon and a return to physics in film
The podcast team explores a few of the ways that advances in computing (classical and quantum) are shaping the direction of physics research
Physics on the silver screen, fictional and real wormholes, a new parlour game
Lively chat about the long and fruitful relationship between physicists and moviemakers
Fusion propulsion for interstellar travel, why ice is slippery, fireworks lit the fuse on science funding
This week's podcast features a former television star who is a fusion entrepreneur
Kites that generate electricity, physics of spattered blood, origin of heavy elements
We meet a physicist who wants to deliver green energy using kites, and more
Open-access publishing: challenges and opportunities
This week's podcast celebrates International Open Access Week
Celebrating exoplanets, dogs in space, emotional geography for physicists
Our weekly podcast ponders the chemical composition of distant planets