SpaceLab imitations of the unobservable cosmos can be genuinely insightful Despite the obvious caveats, physicists are right to use fluids and other physical analogues to search for fresh insights about extreme cosmic phenomena, from black holes to the big bang Leader
PhysicsStephen Hawking’s parting shot is a fresh challenge to cosmologists The physicist’s final theorem, about why the universe seems fine-tuned for life, contains some provocative predictions. Will they be as fruitful as his insights into black holes? Leader