Planetary science News Images of 2016 in physics From politics to penguins: a picture review of the world of physics in 2016 Read article: Images of 2016 in physics
Stars and solar physics Opinion and reviews Tracing the path towards totality Tyler Nordgren’s book on the science and beauty of a total solar eclipse flows between personal experiences and scientific facts Read article: Tracing the path towards totality
Policy and funding News Flash Physics: Dark matter is smooth, UK boosts industrial physics, Pakistan honours Abdus Salam Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Dark matter is smooth, UK boosts industrial physics, Pakistan honours Abdus Salam
History Opinion and reviews Zombie girls: a history A new book tells the depressing but important tale of female radium-dial painters in the early 1900s who contracted radiation poisoning, writes Kate Brown Read article: Zombie girls: a history
Ultracold matter News Flash Physics: Optical clock in space, Richard Garwin wins presidential medal, lighting the cosmic web Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Optical clock in space, Richard Garwin wins presidential medal, lighting the cosmic web
Climate Opinion and reviews How weather became a science A book on three pioneers of meteorology reveals much about their science, although little about their personalities, says David M Schultz Read article: How weather became a science
Telescopes and space missions News Flash Physics: LHC smashes luminosity record, gender bias in astronomy, calculating axion masses Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: LHC smashes luminosity record, gender bias in astronomy, calculating axion masses
History Opinion and reviews Science under duress Margaret Harris reviews Stalin and the Scientists: a History of Triumph and Tragedy by Simon Ings Read article: Science under duress
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews The struggle for convergence Are all the fields of science converging towards a unified narrative? Manjit Kumar assesses the “deepest idea in the universe” Read article: The struggle for convergence
Ethics Opinion and reviews Inside a nuclear city Physics World reviews the film City 40 by Samira Goetschel