Interviews about Physics

Europe's Galileo will soon be operational, providing us with much more accurate navigation but why do we need it?

One way to create artificial intelligence is to copy the brain...

...and it's hiding in plain site. But where?

NASA plans to set fire to a space station, simply to find out what will happen.

What makes Cambridge Science Festival so special?

It's time to test the scientists' general science knowledge with a round of fact or fiction.

How can scientists become great communicators? FameLab can help.

How much can helium actually lift? Could it lift a giant hose into space?

Energy transportation is far from ideal and lots is lost along the way, how can a levitating superconductor help change...

Kat dispels the myth that our feline friends are indestructible when it comes to falling...

Einstein predicted gravitational waves a century ago with the publication of his theory of general relativity. But what...

LIGO directly detected gravitational waves for the first time, but how did they do it?

There's been a lot of excitement surrounding the discovery but how does this fit within our wider ideas about...

Back in 2013, BICEP claimed to have detected gravitational waves, but the discovery has since been disputed....

Gravitational waves made a big splash around the world but why has their detection revolutionised astronomy and physics?

All processes give off waste energy and more and more technology is being developed that harnesses that energy in a...

Everyone is talking about how great the discovery is but does it have any applications?

In 2013, BICEP annouced they had found gravitational waves. How are these different to what LIGO have found?

Given that these gravitational waves only distort spacetime by less than the width of a proton, how did were they...

Last September, LIGO found a blip on their radars, which they later verified were gravitational waves, but where did...

Scientists annouced the detection of these elusive ripples in spacetime but what are they? And why has it taken so long...

Do men really have more partners than women, and why are we having less sex than ever?

Recently, there has been growing excitement that Einstein's 'Gravitational Waves' might have been...

We say goodbye to the lander that bounced its way to fame across the surface of comet 67P.