Nature’s ups and downs
A history of one of the world’s most influential scientific journals is sound in the early years but leaves out some crucial modern developments, Peter Rodgers finds
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Welcome to Lightfest
Light-based technologies wow the crowds at Birmingham's new central library
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Is there life on Mars?
Lewis Dartnell discusses the search for life on Mars and what forms it might take
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Cooking Bacon
Has Francis Bacon been unfairly vilified, asks Robert P Crease
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Individual recognition
Sahal Yacoob describes how a "target culture" can cause problems when applied to academia
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The wealth of nations
Physicist César Hidalgo's argument for an information-centric view of economic growth is "wildly fresh and creative", says reviewer Mark Buchanan
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Physics logos
Is there a logo that unifies all of physics, wonders Robert P Crease
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The secret life of scientific ideas
How do great ideas in physics come about? Vitor Cardoso shares insights from his web-based project The Birth of an Idea
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Better science policy
Robert P Crease looks at an ambitious programme to improve how science policy is formulated
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A quest for ultimate reality
Melanie Windridge reviews Trespassing on Einstein’s Lawn: a Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing and the Beginning of Everything by Amanda Gefter
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