Surfaces and interfaces Opinion and reviews Web life Ask Nature: a whole website devoted to biomimicry and its many applications Read article: Web life
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews The physics of sport – readers’ pictures A selection of images from the Physics World photo challenge Read article: The physics of sport – readers’ pictures
Ethics Opinion and reviews Between the lines A graphic novel about the first atomic bomb and a biography of the anti-nuclear campaigner Joseph Rotblat, reviewed by Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews The science of Prometheus A collection of essays by the cosmopolitan chemist Roald Hoffmann, reviewed by Seymour Mauskopf Read article: The science of Prometheus
Nuclear physics Opinion and reviews Hans Bethe’s early life Jeremy Bernstein reviews Nuclear Forces: the Making of the Physicist Hans Bethe Read article: Hans Bethe’s early life
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews How to vote Robert P Crease reveals his tactic for determining the scientific qualifications of political candidates Read article: How to vote
Materials Opinion and reviews Between the lines Books about sand, paradoxes in physics and an ill-fated polar expedition, reviewed by Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews One amazing moment Robert P Crease reveals this year's under-the-radar centenary Read article: One amazing moment
Soft matter and liquids Opinion and reviews Web life Celebrating the physics of all that flows Read article: Web life
History Opinion and reviews Science in a dictatorship Gordon Fraser reviews The German Physical Society in the Third Reich Read article: Science in a dictatorship