Particle and nuclear Opinion and reviews The Future Circular Collider is unduly risky – CERN needs a ‘Plan B’ Michael Riordan calls on CERN to face financial and geopolitical reality Read article: The Future Circular Collider is unduly risky – CERN needs a ‘Plan B’
Artificial intelligence Opinion and reviews Is our embrace of AI naïve and could it lead to an environmental disaster? Johan Hansson says it is dangerous to treat artificial intelligence as a magic wand Read article: Is our embrace of AI naïve and could it lead to an environmental disaster?
History Opinion and reviews The obscure physics theory that helped Chinese science emerge from the shadows Robert P Crease reveals the curious twist in the development of Chinese physics in the 1960s Read article: The obscure physics theory that helped Chinese science emerge from the shadows
Astronomy and space Opinion and reviews Mission to Mars: from biological barriers to ethical impediments Emma Chapman reviews Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds by Scott Solomon Read article: Mission to Mars: from biological barriers to ethical impediments
Business and innovation Opinion and reviews Can entrepreneurship be taught? An engineer’s viewpoint Honor Powrie wonders what skills she’d need to be an entrepreneur Read article: Can entrepreneurship be taught? An engineer’s viewpoint
Personalities Opinion and reviews Francis Crick: a life of twists and turns Andrew Robinson reviews Crick: a Mind in Motion – from DNA to the Brain by Matthew Cobb Read article: Francis Crick: a life of twists and turns
Diversity and inclusion Opinion and reviews Want a strong future for physics? Here’s why we must focus on students from under-represented groups Jenna Padgett says fostering a sense of belonging can help boost physics Read article: Want a strong future for physics? Here’s why we must focus on students from under-represented groups
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Can we compare Donald Trump’s health chief to Soviet science boss Trofim Lysenko? Robert P Crease notes parallels between US and Soviet science Read article: Can we compare Donald Trump’s health chief to Soviet science boss Trofim Lysenko?
Gravity Opinion and reviews Bring gravity back down to Earth: from giraffes and tree snakes to ‘squishy’ space–time Emma Chapman reviews Crush: Close Encounters with Gravity by James Riordon Read article: Bring gravity back down to Earth: from giraffes and tree snakes to ‘squishy’ space–time
Business and innovation Opinion and reviews When is good enough ‘good enough’? Honor Powrie extols the virtues being just “good enough” in life Read article: When is good enough ‘good enough’?