Playing poker with robots on Mars
Just another typical day at the Cheltenham Science Festival
Author archive
On the frontline of the 'reproducibility crisis'
Three physics graduates who are now studying medicine discuss their work on a project that monitors “outcome switching” in clinical trials
Below the solar surface
Margaret Harris reviews 15 Million Degrees: a Journey to the Centre of the Sun by Lucie Green
A daring raid
Margaret Harris reviews The Winter Fortress: the Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb
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Between the lines
A book about the benefits of failure in science, plus a thoughtful history of earthquakes, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Between the lines
An eloquent defence of string theory and a mathematical analysis of luck and chance, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: A thousand tiny cuts
A thousand tiny cuts
Margaret Harris reports on how small, subtle and sometimes unintentional slights can create an unwelcoming environment for under-represented groups in physics
Finding innovation in space
An event at the Royal Academy of Engineering illustrates how important the space industry is to daily life
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Between the lines
A book that fills in the gaps in your astronomy education and an illuminating biography of Max Planck, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Something more concrete
Learning about the physics of everyday materials at the AAAS meeting
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