Scientists have found that the tiny proton is even smaller than previously thought (and an interview). Gravity may be leaking from black holes into an invisible cloud of curled up dimensions and some think they can prove it by creating tiny black holes in the LHC. The most massive star ever found challenges astronomers’ notions of just how big a star can get. From Physics Today, in a dispute with more than just scientific import, Alexis Clairaut, Leonhard Euler, and Jean le Rond d’Alembert each employed their own strategies to establish that they were the first to understand a puzzling feature of the Moon’s orbit; and three iconic laboratories constructed in 1966 reveal how architectural design and scientific culture can help or hinder a building’s ability to adapt to the changing discipline it serves. Why it’s increasingly difficult to make discoveries — and other insights from the science of science. A review of Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery by Stephen J. Pyne (and more). An interview with Ian Glynn, author of Elegance in Science: The Beauty of Simplicity. A review of What is Science? An Interdisciplinary Perspective by Klaus Jaffe. Can science explain everything? A debate. A review of What Science Knows: And How It Knows It by James Franklin. A review of Imperfect Oracle: The Epistemic and Moral Authority of Science by Theodore Brown. A review of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk by Massimo Pigliucci.
