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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

An electric eel swimming against a shimmering watery background

Mathematical bridges

Robert P Crease looks at a mathematics conference that could teach physicists a thing or two

Crocheted version of Lorenz equations describing the behaviour of chaotic systems

Deborah Jin bags Isaac Newton Medal

JILA physicist honoured for pioneering work on ultracold atoms

Nanoethical concerns

Using nanotechnology to teach ethics has its pros and cons, finds Robert P Crease

Artistic impression of a carbon nanotube

Good scientists and honest people

A biography of one of the Manhattan Project's less-heralded physicists, reviewed by Andrew Robinson

Black-and-white photo of Francis Simon, smiling and smoking a cigarette

Web life: Excursion Set

New Zealand-based theoretical cosmologist Richard Easther discusses big science stories and takes aim at bad science reporting in this personal blog

Why don’t they listen?

Robert P Crease reckons he knows why science has lost its authority among politicians

Photo of a gloved US postal worker handling possibly dangerous anthrax-covered mail

The problem of missile defence

Rebecca Slayton's book Arguments That Count has implications that stretch far beyond Cold War history, according to reviewer Philip Webber

Black-and-white photo of a scientist, Russell White, standing on a desk trying to read a very long computer printout at the RAND think tank in the 1950s

Web life: Mahalo.ne.Trash

Astronomer John Johnson shares his thoughts on science, culture and family life in this oddly titled personal blog

International performance mixed for UK physicists

Publishing output emphasizes quality over quantity

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