Physics World Stories Podcast

Physics is full of captivating stories, from ongoing endeavours to explain the cosmos to ingenious innovations that shape the world around us. In the Physics World Stories podcast, Andrew Glester talks to the people behind some of the most intriguing and

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Physics and film, a match made in Hollywood

Posted November 28, 2019 • 00:36:20

Looking behind the scenes of Interstellar, Contact and The Martian

Doing physics in microgravity environments

Posted October 28, 2019 • 00:39:50

The opportunities of doing physics experiments on the ISS and other microgravity facilities

Driving in the present

Posted September 30, 2019 • 00:41:10

Exploring the technology and economics of electric cars

Physics and the climate crisis

Posted August 16, 2019 • 00:48:48

How can scientists reduce the climate impact of their labs without compromising on the quality of their research? Andrew Glester investigates

50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – returning to the Moon and going beyond

Posted July 24, 2019 • 00:29:56

The Physics World Stories podcast explore what’s next for manned and robotic space travel