Why Nobel-prize-winning physicists can't resisting trying their hands at new fields
Read article: Why Nobel laureates love to leave the herd: find out in the November 2021 issue of Physics World magazine
Sidney Perkowitz on Guy Callendar, the engineer who demonstrated the link between rising carbon-dioxide concentration and temperature
Read article: The unconventional scientist who predicted that rising carbon dioxide levels would change the climate
In this episode we also chat about how to avoid professional burnout
Read article: Donna Strickland on her life-changing Nobel prize, previewing #BlackInPhysics week, nuclear fusion in stars
Robert P Crease talks to William D Magwood IV, director-general of the Nuclear Energy Agency, about the battle to keep nuclear power on the agenda
Read article: William D Magwood IV: still fighting for nuclear
Ciara Muldoon is an Internet entrepreneur whose latest project is a charitable search engine that helps tackle climate change and climate injustice
Read article: Ask me anything: Ciara Muldoon – ‘I love being part of a project that is making such a positive difference’
Matin Durrani finds out from Andrea Ghez about how her life has changed since winning the 2020 Nobel prize
Read article: Life beyond the Nobel: Andrea Ghez eyes up new research directions
Italian astrophysicist Roberto Soria on the opportunities and challenges of living in China and what changed when the pandemic hit
Read article: The opportunities and challenges of doing science in China
Michael Banks talks to neutrino pioneer Takaaki Kajita about his new research direction
Read article: Life beyond the Nobel: Takaaki Kajita and the hunt for gravitational waves
Matin Durrani talks to Brian Josephson about his work in consciousness
Read article: Life beyond the Nobel: Brian Josephson and his interest in the mind
Joanne O’Meara is professor of physics at the University of Guelph in Canada and does outreach with children including segments on the TV show Daily Planet
Read article: Ask me anything: Joanne O’Meara – ‘there is nothing better than sharing your passion for science and seeing it ignite in someone else’
