Physicists and educationalists have many theories about why so few girls study physics. Valerie Jamieson goes back to school and asks female pupils what they really think. Vanessa Bennett, Callie ...

If you’ve ever wanted to replicate Bruce Lee’s wood-splitting punch, but have been too concerned about maintaining your hand’s wellbeing, a physics lesson might offer the solution. Dr Rob Howard ...

Explore the significance of World Quantum Day and how quantum technology is shaping industries, policy-making, and public ...

The national curriculum is being blamed for school children missing out on practical science lessons, research by EngineeringUK has found. Demands of the curriculum are the biggest barrier to ...

Carlo Rovelli has written a wonderful primer on how physics can help us understand the universe and our place in it Yes, “brief” is right: 10 pages per lesson, and the typeface is large. There are ...

Too few students are offered practical science lessons, says the study The poorest pupils are most likely to miss out on practical science lessons in English schools, a study suggests. Over a quarter ...

Five years after the creation of a multi-institution graduate school for physics PhD students, Peter McDonald and James West outline the lessons learned Diligent learning: Mark Patton from Oxford ...

The film Interstellar should be shown in school science lessons, a scientific journal has urged. They say their call follows a new insight gained into black holes as a result of producing the visual ...

GCSE science is so "boring" it puts many people off the subject for life, MPs said today. The curriculum should be overhauled so it more closely reflects the science students are likely to encounter ...