Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Swimming against the unseen tide Amy Bug finds that even small, unconscious biases in the evaluation of female physicists can have dramatic consequences Read article: Swimming against the unseen tide
Policy and funding News Canada aids search for the African Einstein Government pledges money to create a network of African science centres Read article: Canada aids search for the African Einstein
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Web life: Physics-GamesDotNet Physics-GamesDotNet – the one-stop-shop for physics games Read article: Web life: Physics-GamesDotNet
Renewables News Saudi Arabia to create renewable energy ‘city’ King Abdullah considers the future of his country beyond oil Read article: Saudi Arabia to create renewable energy ‘city’
Publishing Opinion and reviews Web life: Just A Theory Just a Theory – good and bad science in the mainstream media Read article: Web life: Just A Theory
Stars and solar physics Feature Science in the Muslim world Jim Al-Khalili examines the prospects for an Islamic scientific renaissance Read article: Science in the Muslim world
Everyday science Opinion and reviews Talking physics in the Twittersphere Brian Clegg argues that personal blogs and sites such as Twitter are a force for good in communicating science Read article: Talking physics in the Twittersphere
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews Communicating science The Hollywood actor Alan Alda, who has a deep and passionate interest in science, is part of an innovative US project to help scientists to communicate, as Robert P Crease finds out Read article: Communicating science
Planetary science News Legendary oceanographer scoops Crafoord prize Tide master Walter Munks awarded $550,000 for seminal geophysics research Read article: Legendary oceanographer scoops Crafoord prize
Education and outreach News Fear grips Iranian academics Assassination of physicist Masoud Alimohammadi heightens tensions in Tehran Read article: Fear grips Iranian academics