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Why Nobel laureates love to leave the herd: find out in the November 2021 issue of Physics World magazine

Physics World

The other half went to Giorgio Parisi, for studying other equally complex systems, notably condensed-matter spin systems. But tackling novel topics is usually second nature for Nobel laureates. One half of the prize went to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for developing vital physical models that reliably predict global warming.

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Topological fluids, the proton radius and art and science: the June 2021 issue of Physics World magazine is now out

Physics World

Whether it’s the existence of the Higgs boson, dark matter or gravitational waves, some questions in physics just take an extraordinarily long time to settle. Quite why physicists settled on the lower value is the theme of the article. What does physics look like, and does it matter? –

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The enduring mystery of the solar corona

Physics World

In fact, almost one article about the solar corona has been published per day since 1943. But because the blobs can’t cross field lines no matter how the fluid moves, the tubes must maintain their topology. The notion can even be used to describe strange, dark patches of the corona that were discovered in SKYLAB data.

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A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Physics World

The telescope will also explore the role of dark matter in bringing galaxies together, and the effects of feedback from active black holes in controlling star formation. With so many topics to investigate, Mather says the hardest part for astronomers may be waiting for mission scientists to get to grips with the telescope’s quirks.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

If you look at the actual article he cites,” writes Gleick, “the journalist makes clear the “influence” of climate change just two sentences later.” In truth, a major theme of Apocalypse Never , is that what matters is the direction of travel. Does any of this matter? Did Malthus’ ideas have any impact on the real world?

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Default and the Environment

Legal Planet

Macroeconomics is something of a dark art, in which theories abound and data is inconclusive. And the government’s response to the recession could also matter. That brings us to the topic of political ripple effects. Corporations might also hold off from making new investments until they saw which way the wind was blowing.

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Research briefing: why are reports of hate crime surging during the Israel-Hamas conflict?

Environmental Progress

It probably fell because COVID became less topical yet the comment reveals his belief that you can legislate away hate and attitudes ‘Last year’s data also shows that overall hate crime levels remained steady, and hate crimes targeting Asian Americans fell by 38 percent after I signed legislation to combat anti-Asian hate.’