Physics & Mathematics

On a navy blue background is the book cover of 'The One Thing You Need to Know: 21 Key Scientific Concepts of the 21st Century' by Marcus Chown. It's a navy blue cover, with a yellow swirly ring in the middle. There are numbers in yellow and green dotted around the background. Text in white at the top is the author's name, Marcus Chown. The capital white text inside the ring is the title which reads 'The one thing you need to know.' At the bottom in a mix of yellow and white text it reads 'The simple way to understand the most important ideas in science.'

'The most magical equation in physics': How Paul Dirac accidentally revealed the strange world of antimatter

By Marcus Chown published

In this extract from the book 'The One Thing You Need to Know', author Marcus Chown explains how the Dirac Equation came to be.

Quantum Physics
A supercooled superconductor floats above a magnet.

Did scientists really create a room temperature superconductor? Not so fast, experts say.

By Ben Turner published

The research, which has not been peer-reviewed, has sparked viral attempts at imitation around the world.

Physics & Mathematics
A bright, orange circle in the center of a ring of light. Four bright white spots form a cross shape on the circle's perimeter

Rare 'Einstein cross' warps light from one of the universe's brightest objects in this stunning image

By Ben Turner published

Einstein predicted the existence of these crosses back in 1915. Now, they are used to study distant galaxies.

Gravity
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