


Gino Elia: ‘I worry that scientists are too confident that the acceptance of scientific truth is inevitable’
Following the Helgoland 2025 meeting in June, Gino Elia leaves with concerns about the culture of science

Speak up: why your questions matter more than ever
Sarika Joshi highlights the importance of students asking questions to aid their learning

Delving into the scientific mind, astronomy’s happy accidents, lit science experiments at home, the art of NASA: micro reviews of recent books
Condensed natter: Physics World editors give their compressed verdicts on top new books

‘The Trump uncertainty principle’ is destroying the position and momentum of US science
The Trump administration is ripping US science apart, warns Robert P Crease

People benefit from medicine, but machines need healthcare too
Honor Powrie explores the parallels between monitoring the health of machines and humans

Harmonious connections: bridging the gap between music and science
Philip Moriarty reviews A Perfect Harmony: Music, Mathematics, and Science by David Darling

No laughing matter: a comic book about the climate crisis
Mike Follows reviews World Without End: an Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis by Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe Blain

Why I stopped submitting my work to for-profit publishers
Jonte Hance reveals why they stopped reviewing and submitting articles to for-profit publishers

Robert P Crease: ‘I’m yet another victim of the Trump administration’s incompetence’
Robert P Crease discovers why the National Science Foundation killed his grant