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In depth: Biological & medical physics
Web life: ComplexityBlog.com
Feb 2, 2010 1 comment Review
ComplexityBlog.com – all you need to know about complexity science
How people work
Jan 5, 2010 4 comments Feature
Roland Ennos offers a new look at familiar human behaviour like walking, chewing and fingernail-breaking
Between the lines
Jan 5, 2010 Review
The other Oppenheimer, cooking for astronauts and the "amazing" Grace Hopper
Between the lines
Dec 1, 2009 Review
A round-up of the best books to put on your Christmas shopping list – or for someone else to buy for you
Threats to ultra-high-field MRI
Jul 31, 2009 2 comments Opinion
A new European directive designed to prevent workers from being exposed to high magnetic fields could potentially have a severe impact on research into magnetic resonance imaging, warns Denis Le Bihan
Between chance and necessity
Jul 1, 2009 1 comment Review
Andrew Steane reviews Stuart Kauffman's Reinventing the Sacred
The quantum life
Jul 1, 2009 9 comments Feature
The idea that quantum mechanics can explain many fundamental aspects of life is resurging, as Paul Davies reveals
The call of the wild
Jul 1, 2009 1 comment Opinion
Robert P Crease talks to a former string theorist who found what he wanted in science when he applied the tools of physics to fundamental questions in biology
How physics can inspire biology
Jul 1, 2009 4 comments Opinion
Alexei Kornyshev thinks that physicists and biologists are now working more closely together than ever before, but that barriers to closer collaboration still exist
In praise of Darwin
Jul 1, 2009 1 comment Opinion
Darwin was no physicist, but his approach to science will be familiar to us
The power of robotics
Jun 2, 2009 2 comments Opinion
Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease
Web life: Hyperphysics
May 1, 2009 1 comment Review
Doing science in the open
May 1, 2009 12 comments Feature
Online networking tools are pervasive, but why have scientists been so slow to adopt many of them? Michael Nielsen explains how we can build a better culture of online collaboration
In search of the black swans
Apr 1, 2009 14 comments Feature
The publish-or-perish ethic too often favours a narrow and conservative approach to scientific innovation. Mark Buchanan asks whether we are pushing revolutionary ideas to the margins
Reasons to be cheerful
Jan 5, 2009 3 comments Opinion
The economy may be in a nosedive but there is plenty to look forward to in science this year
