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In depth
In depth RSS feedFeatures, opinions and reviews from the world’s top physicists and professional science writers
Features
Fermilab's next frontier
Feb 1, 2012 2 comments
Margaret Harris learns about Fermilab's plans for the post-Tevatron era
Ad astra! To the stars!
Jan 12, 2012 6 comments
Sidney Perkowitz explores how we might achieve interstellar travel
Quiz of the year 2011
Dec 16, 2011
Think you know what happened in the world of physics this year? Try our quiz
Cocktail physics
Dec 6, 2011 2 comments
Naveen N Sinha and David A Weitz reveal the science behind this tasty topic
Firm takes middle ground to fusion
Dec 1, 2011 6 comments
Fusion demonstrator could cost fraction of a standard reactor, as Hamish Johnston reports
Opinion
Presidential pledges
Jan 5, 2012 5 comments
Robert P Crease proposes pledges to help voters to evaluate US presidential candidates
Let there be a year of light
Dec 15, 2011 1 comment
Luisa Cifarelli calls for 2015 to be the International Year of Light
The brave new-media world
Nov 10, 2011 1 comment
Chad Orzel says physicists have to get used to doing science in the open
Mikhail who?
Nov 3, 2011 3 comments
Robert P Crease marks the tercentenary of Russia's scientific father
How big is your footprint?
Oct 12, 2011 1 comment
Phil Marshall says the onus is on physicists to reduce their own carbon footprint
Reviews
The dream of open science
Feb 9, 2012
Matin Durrani reviews Michael Nielsen’s Reinventing Discovery: the New Era of Networked Science
Web life
Feb 9, 2012
SciEnts and Sciencelive – two sites that offer slightly different takes on scientific outreach and entertainment
Parting the clouds
Jan 26, 2012
Arnold Wolfendale reviews Earth: the Operator’s Manual by Richard Alley
Between the lines
Jan 26, 2012
A new biography of Stephen Hawking and a history of radioactivity, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Voyagers of discovery
Jan 19, 2012 1 comment
John Zarnecki reviews Stephen Pyne’s Voyager: Seeking New Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery
