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In depth: Geophysics & environmental physics
Life among the MERtians
Apr 25, 2013 Review
What's it like to work on Mars? Stephen J Pyne reviews an anthropologist's account of the team behind the Mars Exploration Rovers
Beyond the executive summary
Apr 18, 2013 1 comment Review
Richard Muller's Energy for Future Presidents, reviewed by Gail Marcus
Web life
Nov 15, 2012 Review
Ask Nature: a whole website devoted to biomimicry and its many applications
Keeping the lights on after 2100
Jul 19, 2012 2 comments Review
Paul Michael Grant reviews Robert Laughlin's Powering the Future
When Creativity met Necessity
May 24, 2012 Review
Roger Bridgman reviews Mad Like Tesla and How James Watt Invented the Copier
Return to Macondo
Apr 19, 2012 Review
Alastair Fraser reviews Joel Achenbach's A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: the Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher
Web life
Mar 22, 2012 Review
Dig into your own earth-science data with the Earth Exploration Toolbook
Geoengineering: the pitfalls and politics
Mar 21, 2012 Opinion
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 Opinion
French geophysicist Vincent Courtillot discusses why the Earth's magnetic field occasionally flips
How to forecast an earthquake
Mar 1, 2012 1 comment Feature
Edwin Cartlidge investigates the latest in earthquake forecasting
Parting the clouds
Jan 26, 2012 Review
Arnold Wolfendale reviews Earth: the Operator’s Manual by Richard Alley
One toise at a time
Oct 27, 2011 2 comments Review
Terry Quinn reviews Measure of the Earth: the Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped the World by Larrie D Ferreiro
How big is your footprint?
Oct 12, 2011 1 comment Opinion
Phil Marshall says the onus is on physicists to reduce their own carbon footprint
Between the lines
Jul 21, 2011 Review
Books on the physics of animals, humans and cars, reviewed by Margaret Harris
