The article reports on developments related to physics as of February 2014. Topics discussed include the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francois Englert and Peter W. Higgs for their work on the Higgs boson, the 12th Asia-Pacific Physics Conference (APPC12) held at the International Conference Hall in Chiba, Japan in July 2013 and the appointment of Shoji Nagamiya as editor in chief of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) publication "AAPPS Bulletin."