The week in physics: Canceled lunar rover; PigeonBot II

Birdlike robot flies steady without a vertical tail Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 9–13 DECEMBER Birdlike robot flies steady without a vertical tail A pigeon-inspired design for mechanical flight uses avian-like movements to achieve autonomous, rudderless flight. Jennifer Sieben NASA cancels flight-ready lunar rover The VIPER mission was to be a step toward sending humans back to the Moon and ultimately to Mars. Hannah H. Means FROM THE VAULT: October 1982 Chandrasekhar vs. Eddington—an unanticipated confrontation For many years astronomers did not accept the validity of a young scientist's application of the new physics because it was ridiculed by a preeminent astronomer. Kameshwar C. Wali The year in Back Scatter 2024 Browse a dozen of the captivating science images that were featured in the magazine this year. Physics Today FROM THE DECEMBER MAGAZINE Chien-Shiung Wu's trailblazing experiments in particle physics The Chinese American physicist led groundbreaking experiments that demonstrated parity violation and photon entanglement. Many in the physics community say Wu deserved more accolades in her lifetime. Chon-Fai Kam, Cheng-Ning Zhang, and Da Hsuan Feng Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe Accelerating career connections worldwide for over 75 years BROWSE ALL JOBS POST A JOB CREATE JOB ALERTS FEATURED JOBS Physics Teaching Jobs at K-12 Private Schools ATOMS Placement Services (Nationwide) View Job Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics—One-Year Appointment 2025-2026 Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA) View Job Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor of Physics University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA) View Job Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Biophysics Queens College of CUNY (New York, NY) View Job Assistant Professor of Physics Kennesaw State University (Marietta, GA) View Job Two Visiting Positions in Physics Reed College (Portland, OR) View Job Physics Today is published by the American Institute of Physics 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 USA +1 301 209 3100 © 2024 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us