Today’s physics news: Friday 12 March

Science ‘is a central election issue’
A range of papers and news sites have covered and commented on the Royal Society of Chemistry’s parliamentary debate between the UK’s three main parties’ science spokespeople (which took place on Tuesday).

Guardian

BBC

Physics World

New Scientist

Libel laws silence lie detector academic
The Times publishes an exclusive interview with an academic who specialises in lie detection technology who is the latest in a series of academics to highlight the gagging nature of our current libel laws.

Times

Author takes us to The Edge of Physics
A new book ‘The Edge of Physics’ by Anil Ananthaswamy has been reviewed and highlighted by New Scientist.  The book takes readers on a voyage to the world’s most extreme locations to witness first-hand the experiments physicists are undertaking in order to understand the workings of the universe

New Scientist