Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Breaking through Those outside the mainstream can find it hard to make worthwhile scientific contributions Read article: Breaking through
Personalities Opinion and reviews A passion for boats Robert P Crease discusses the enduring appeal of sailboats for retired mathematician Frank Sinden Read article: A passion for boats
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Spot the physicist Differentiating between expertise and knowledge can be tricky, as Richard Jones finds out Read article: Spot the physicist
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Hard up The UK's science-funding crisis could not have come at a worse time for the physics community Read article: Hard up
Nuclear physics Opinion and reviews Blog life: Entropy Bound Peter Steinberg offers a discerning take on nuclear physics Read article: Blog life: Entropy Bound
Astronomy and space Opinion and reviews Blog Life: Star Stryder Pamela Gay on life as an astronomer and science communicator Read article: Blog Life: Star Stryder
History Opinion and reviews The Bohr paradox Robert P Crease explains why Niels Bohr's towering role in the history of physics can be difficult to appreciate Read article: The Bohr paradox
Personalities Opinion and reviews Passing of a legend The death of John Wheeler has robbed physics of one of its last links with Bohr and Einstein
Publishing Opinion and reviews Embargoed science Embargoes may have their faults but they mask wider problems in science communication Read article: Embargoed science
Culture, history and society Opinion and reviews Mission impossible Gordon Fraser examines media-darling Michio Kaku's views on the physics of the impossible Read article: Mission impossible
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