In depth – August 2008
Features
A light in the dark? 7 comments
For the last 10 years physicists in Italy have been claiming to have directly detected dark matter, which is believed to make up 23% of the universe. Edwin Cartlidge finds out why their results continue to create controversy
Superfluidity: three people, two papers, one prize
Most accounts of the controversial discovery of superfluid helium by Peter Kapitza, Jack Allen and Don Misener are often incomplete or simply wrong. Allan Griffin tries to set the record straight
Remapping the quantum frontier
A full-scale universal quantum computer may still be a long way off, but the quest for this goal is opening up new areas of science and producing useful applications and techniques along the way. Christopher Monroe and Mikhail Lukin reveal a few of the most exciting developments
Opinion
Fame or footnote? 2 comments
The award of a Nobel prize can leave some deserving researchers empty-handed
A question of trust 1 comment
Scientists and those people with religious convictions may have sharply contrasting beliefs, says Robert P Crease, but does that forbid them from having stimulating conversation?
Reviews
Postmodernism, politics and religion
Philip Anderson looks at what Sokal the hoaxer did next
Blog life: Michael Nielsen
Michael Nielsen looks at science publishing