A space cowboy’s tale
James Dacey reviews an imaginative film about astronaut Eugene Cernan, The Last Man on the Moon
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CERN celebrates 60 years of science
Particle-physics lab hosts a variety of events to mark diamond jubilee
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Leadership required
As CERN celebrates its 60th anniversary this month, Sharon Ann Holgate finds out what's expected of the lab's next director-general
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Between the lines
Books about amazing everyday materials, big-seers and the atomic age, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Scientific booms and busts
An investigation of scientific skills shortages, past and present, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Between the lines: mathematics special
Books that celebrate mathematics, from ancient Egypt to modern times, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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The power and pitfalls of science advice
Edwin Cartlidge looks ahead to an international meeting of science advisers
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Electricity, eels and evolution
The role of electric eels and other electrogenic animals in guiding early studies of electricity is revealed in this fascinating book, reviewed by Brian Rasnow
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A century of general relativity
An intellectual history of Einstein's general theory of relativity, reviewed by Cormac O'Raifeartaigh
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Portrait of a radio icon
A stunning visual history of Jodrell Bank Observatory, and its science-outreach staff are put to the test
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