December 2018 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
Hua Liu American Astronomical Society (AAS)
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In the December 2018 Issue
Measuring Cosmic Distances with Standard Sirens
The gravitational waves accompanying the merger of two massive compact objects encode the distance to the merger without the usual appeal to a hierarchy of length scales. — Daniel E. Holz, Scott A. Hughes, and Bernard F. Schutz
On Science in a Small Country
Wales tends to fall by the wayside in narratives about the history of science, but its stories complicate and enrich our picture of science’s past and future. — Iwan Rhys Morus
A New Type of Tropical Pacific Warming — El Niño Modoki
A familiar climate anomaly turns out to have a recently recognized relative. — Marvin Seow
...and much more!