Letters: All scientific observations are likely to be superseded by later scientists, writes Ian Flintoff, while Tony Maynard-Smith says that new discoveries do not prove Einstein ‘wrong’
December 2020
Book of the day
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens review – how science works
A fascinating and timely history of how science developed via the achievement of pursuing only observation and experiment (not politics)
Isaac Newton notes almost destroyed by dog sell for £380,000
Scientist’s occult investigations into the Great Pyramid of Egypt, dating from the 1680s, are believed to have been burned when his dog Diamond upset a candle
Revealed: Isaac Newton’s attempts to unlock secret code of pyramids
Unpublished notes show he believed ancient structures held key to the apocalypse
June 2020
Isaac Newton proposed curing plague with toad vomit, unseen papers show
Notes made in the shadow of a devastating outbreak show the great scientist sketching out some distinctly queasy remedies
July 2019
Brief letters
Finding one’s place on the spectrum
Brief letters: Spectra | Forms of address | Alastair Campbell | Cambridge punters | Avocado crisis
March 2019
Rugby and rocket science collide
Letter: Ken Vines grapples with the notion of Einstein and Newton being used as inspiration before Six Nations games
November 2018
Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair sells for £300,000 at auction
Christie’s sale also includes items belonging to Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein
June 2018
Stephen Hawking's voice to be beamed into space at final sendoff
Message of peace will be broadcast into nearest black hole as physicist is laid to rest
December 2017
Windmill drawing found on wall of Isaac Newton childhood home
Scratched image discovered at Woolsthorpe Manor using method that reveals detail invisible to the naked eye
April 2017
Scientists have created a fluid with negative mass – but what does it tell us?
The Ascent of Gravity by Marcus Chown review – the fascinating story of a fundamental force
March 2017
The art of colour: why Victoria Beckham is channelling Van Gogh this season
One of spring’s biggest trends is duo-toning – wearing two contrasting hues. Art critic Jonathan Jones explains how 17th-century colour theory is influencing your wardrobe
December 2016
Isaac Newton masterwork becomes most expensive science book sold
First edition of Isaac Newton's Principia set to fetch $1m at auction
September 2016
The Hunt for Vulcan by Thomas Levenson review - Newton, Einstein and the invisible planet
It’s a story that has been told many times, but this new take on the revolution in astronomy from Newton to Einstein is a fresh, smartly-paced read
May 2016
The enduring fascination of relics, from Becket’s elbow to Elvis’s Graceland
Lindsey Fitzharris
Holy items – such as the fragment of Becket’s bone returned to England – attract thousands. But ‘secular relics’ carry as much weight for the devotees of science and the arts
