Read article: Men and women go separate ways: why inquiry-based labs exacerbate gender imbalance
Male students in inquiry-based labs handle equipment more, while women spend twice as long on laptops
Read article: Physicists come out in support of today’s Strike for Black Lives
Physics World brings you a selection of stories and resources on a unique day for the global physics community
Read article: US scientific societies condemn racism in the wake of George Floyd death
Protests have erupted in the US following the killing of Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Returning to the lab will be hugely beneficial for me’
As an autistic person who struggles with big, unpredictable changes, PhD student Daisy Shearer looks forward to resuming old routines – with a few caveats
Read article: A stance against forced retirement
Paul Ewart says there is little evidence that forcing active physicists to retire “frees up” positions
Read article: Report recommends ways to help women in STEMM fields
US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine call for systematic, evidence-based actions to address the underrepresentation of women, especially women of colour
Read article: African American physics students need more support, says report
Sweeping changes to US university-level teaching in physics and astronomy are required to address the long-running and systemic exclusion of African Americans
Read article: Debating the ‘quantum bottleneck’, a fictional Spanish physicist and the science of synchronized pendulums
The podcast team discusses careers for physicists, quantum hype and the best way to honour "hidden figures" in science history
Read article: Beyond biology
JV Chamary reviews Superior: the Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
Read article: Women miss out on high-profile awards and positions
Analysis of the leadership positions at 31 scientific societies finds a gender imbalance at higher ranks but not with lower-status roles
