A new force: physics might soon need an update

JD Savage investigates a mysterious, invisible force that rules the universe. Just watch out it doesn’t pull you in!

An old-fashioned hardback book often still beats the internet, doesn’t it? When you can get hold of one. Right now, there’s one, in a package with my name on it, stuck somewhere between a second-hand

Neutron stars can suffer quakes far more powerful than anything on Earth

The best discoveries, inventions and surprises

It’s not all doom and gloom, says James Walshe

Scientists distinguish between weight and mass, which may seem pedantic until you see what happens on a world where gravity is radically different to Earth’s