Read article: Flash Physics: Philae lander spotted, Diamond Light Source launches electron-microscopy lab, prizes for cosmology and fusion research
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Thinking big thoughts
Vlatko Vedral is wowed by cosmologist Sean Carroll’s paean to "poetic naturalism" and the ability of science to bring meaning to the world
Read article: Between the lines
A book on debunking scientific misinformation and a guide to scientific writing, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Fang Lizhi, physicist and dissident
A newly translated memoir has Richard McCray reflecting on the legacy of a renowned Chinese astrophysicist
Read article: Bringing Native American voices back to life
Recordings of songs and speech restored using technology from particle physics
Read article: Another giant leap
The story of a group of women who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the early days of rocketry draws both praise and criticism from Lisa Ruth Rand
Read article: See like a solar system
Robert P Crease discusses what the science of the solar system teaches us about perception
Read article: Guarding integrity
Robert P Crease meets Marcia McNutt, the incoming president of the US National Academy of Sciences
Read article: Between the lines
A book about the benefits of failure in science, plus a thoughtful history of earthquakes, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Making space for nonlocality
George Musser’s new book reveals that nonlocality is more than just "spooky action at a distance", as James Millen learns
