Read article: In search of the black swans
The publish-or-perish ethic too often favours a narrow and conservative approach to scientific innovation. Mark Buchanan asks whether we are pushing revolutionary ideas to the margi...
Read article: Journeys to greatness
To practising physicists, the great equations of physics might seem obvious, logical and trivial. But to their discoverers, Robert P Crease argues, that was far from true
Read article: Reasons to be cheerful
The economy may be in a nosedive but there is plenty to look forward to in science this year
Read article: Shifty constants
Do some constants need fixing? Robert P Crease relays your suggestions, though he finds that concerns over SI units arouse still more passion
Six leading physicists peek into the future
Read article: Two decades and counting…
Opening this special issue marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Physics World, Matin Durrani says that the magazine still has a vital role to play in th...
Read article: US Nobel laureates: vote Obama
Prize-winners rally behind Democratic nominee as he issues 'plan for science and innovation'
Researchers say wave energy can cascade towards long wavelengths
Read article: Fitting food for physics
Social physicists try to understand why national dishes endure
New centre for maths and computer science opens in Nigeria as part of plan to find the "next Einstein" in Africa
