Diversity and inclusion Opinion and reviews What’s the right way to ensure the best physicists get honoured? Scientific prizes should honour the best people, not those with the best connections Read article: What’s the right way to ensure the best physicists get honoured?
Culture, history and society Opinion and reviews The two faces of a wartime aerospace engineer: the controversial tale of Wernher von Braun Ian Randall reviews Depravity’s Rainbow by Lewis Bush Read article: The two faces of a wartime aerospace engineer: the controversial tale of Wernher von Braun
Ethics Opinion and reviews Science will suffer if we fail to preserve academic integrity Caitlin Duffy says that if trust in science is to be maintained, researchers must be able to report their concerns Read article: Science will suffer if we fail to preserve academic integrity
Ethics Opinion and reviews Towering egos and careening space junk: why the new era of space exploration is a disaster in the making Margaret Harris reviews Astrotopia: the Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Mary-Jane Rubenstein Read article: Towering egos and careening space junk: why the new era of space exploration is a disaster in the making
Materials Opinion and reviews Materials science: the rule of three that guides its development Robert P Crease finds that materials science institutions evolve in a variety of ways Read article: Materials science: the rule of three that guides its development
Diversity and inclusion Opinion and reviews What a novel can teach us about sexism in the scientific workplace Kate Gardner reviews Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Read article: What a novel can teach us about sexism in the scientific workplace
Astronomy and space Opinion and reviews Take an armchair tour of the universe with this sightseer’s guide Philip Plait is a top-notch tour guide for an imaginary interstellar journey filled with laughs and jaw-dropping sights, writes Clár-Bríd Tohill Read article: Take an armchair tour of the universe with this sightseer’s guide
Business and innovation Opinion and reviews So you think hard disks are boring? It’s time to get real James McKenzie gains a fascinating insight into the world of magnetics Read article: So you think hard disks are boring? It’s time to get real
Personalities Opinion and reviews Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer Andrew Glester reviews the film Oppenheimer, written and directed by Christopher Nolan Read article: Beyond the bomb: the life and times of J Robert Oppenheimer
Quantum Opinion and reviews Why was so much spent on quantum computers before they even existed? Robert P Crease finds out why companies, firms and governments invested in quantum computers before the technology existed Read article: Why was so much spent on quantum computers before they even existed?