November 2015 (Volume 24, Number 10)

Neutrino Oscillations Nab Nobel Prize
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald win for discovery of the particles' shape-shifting nature.

Nuclear Physicists Look to the Future
The 2015 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science is unanimously approved.

House Science Committee Queries Astrobiology Researchers
Searches for life on other planets get the Congressional spotlight

The Physics Bus: Coming to a Town Near You
Science outreach program receives funding from an APS Outreach Mini-grant.

Q&A with TV Science Advisor and Planetary Physicist Kevin Grazier
Consultant for hit shows says writers should have the basic science correct, but allow for leaps of imagination.

Undergrads Share their Research at Optics Meeting
Division of Laser Science's student symposium is a thriving institution at the annual meeting.

U.S.-­Brazil Young Physicists Forum
Opportunity for international networking will take place at the APS March Meeting.

Einstein’s House in Bern: Joint EPS-­APS Historic Site
Albert Einstein's house in Bern, Switzerland, recognized as the first official Joint EPS-APS Historic Site.

Physical Review Fluids
APS is launching a new online-­only journal, Physical Review Fluids.

New Editor­-in­-Chief at Physics Today
Charles Day has been named the new editor-in-chief of Physics Today.

This Month in Physics History
November 1696: William Whiston’s Explanation for Noah’s Flood

Education News from APS
APS educational programs and publications

Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science
Ig Nobels Celebrate Urination and Unboiling an Egg

Washington Dispatch
Updates from the APS Office of Public Affairs

Letters
APS Bridge Program • Kepler’s Mother and Science Fiction • Shipping Container Security • More on Double-­blind Review

The Back Page
Women in Physics: Why so few?

Inside the Beltway
Does Science Bear Any Responsibility for Today’s Political Discontent