14-05-2025
The World, the Universe and Us review — endearingly nerdy science news
A recent episode of New Scientist's ambitiously titled podcast The World, the Universe and Us begins with a shamefaced confession. 'We got the whole nature of light wrong,' Dr Rowan Hooper says. Hang on. Not just a bit of the nature of light, but the whole nature of light? I wouldn't like to have to report that to my boss if I were a scientist — I get nervous enough about making spelling errors. Imagine having to fess up to getting the whole nature of light wrong. I can only imagine the performance review that followed that clanger.
Thankfully, it turns out that getting 'the whole nature of light wrong' is less dramatic than it sounds. The point at issue is the interpretation of
