Emma Chapman reviews Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: How the Solar System Shaped Human History – And May Help Save Our Planet by Dagomar Degroot
Read article: Cosmic chronicles: the impact of celestial instabilities on human history
Scientists must be rewarded for clearly explaining difficult concepts, says Mark Procter
Read article: Industry should invest in developing and practising storytelling
Robert P Crease sees three ways to respond to attacks on physics
Read article: The unsavoury rise of ‘populist physics’: here’s how best to respond
Andrew Glester reviews the film Mercy, directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Read article: Demon in the AI machine: bias, bad data and the burden of proof
Honor Powrie pays tribute to the work of tribologists
Read article: The secret world of tribology
Margaret Harris reviews Trinity: an Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test
Read article: Illuminating, beautiful and disturbing: a photographic record of the Trinity atomic test
Robert P Crease discovers the true extent of materials science in a dental lab
Read article: Get your teeth into the cutting edge of materials science
Students need to experiment with real quantum-computing systems, says Alex Krasnok
Read article: Universities should judge quantum-computing investments by what students learn
Honor Powrie offers advice for physicists at the start of their careers
Read article: Honor Powrie: 10 things I wish I’d known (or done better) when I started my career
Robert P Crease attends a workshop bringing physicists and journalists together
Read article: Seven writers, four physicists, one room, lots of plushies
