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Features
In the wake of Fukushima
May 10, 2012 2 comments
Steven Judge and Hiroyuki Kuwahara report on efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in areas near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station
Venus: it's now or never
May 1, 2012 3 comments
As next month's transit of Venus nears, Jay M Pasachoff examines the science and history of these exceptionally rare events
The perfect storm
Apr 2, 2012 5 comments
Richard Corfield investigates the science behind the sinking of the Titanic
How to forecast an earthquake
Mar 1, 2012 1 comment
Edwin Cartlidge investigates the latest in earthquake forecasting
Finding jobs in hard times
Mar 1, 2012 1 comment
How can you best stand out in today's graduate job market?
Opinion
Atmospheric tales
May 1, 2012 2 comments
Robert P Crease asks why the discovery of Venus's atmosphere is still so controversial
Neil deGrasse Tyson makes the case for space exploration
Apr 25, 2012
Grand visions for space "trigger a wave of innovation", says US astrophysicist
The cat that never dies
Apr 12, 2012 8 comments
Robert P Crease explains the enduring fascination with Schrödinger's cat
Geoengineering: the pitfalls and politics
Mar 21, 2012
US geoscientist Ken Caldeira explains why he has reservations about tinkering with the climate
When the Earth's magnetic field flips
Mar 15, 2012 8 comments
French geophysicist Vincent Courtillot discusses why the Earth's magnetic field occasionally flips
Reviews
When Creativity met Necessity
May 24, 2012
Roger Bridgman reviews Mad Like Tesla and How James Watt Invented the Copier
Between the lines: fiction special
May 24, 2012
A round-up of recent fiction books with a physics theme, reviewed by Margaret Harris and Matin Durrani
Reality bites
May 17, 2012 9 comments
Vlatko Vedral reviews Alex Rosenberg's The Atheist's Guide to Reality
Web life
May 17, 2012
Universe Sandbox: an interactive space simulator that allows you to build your own solar system, fling asteroids at the Earth and send a teapot into orbit
Doing physics – readers' pictures
May 10, 2012 1 comment
A selection of images from the Physics World photo challenge
