Eva Amsen reviews Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense by Saul Perlmutter, John Campbell and Robert MacCoun
Read article: Can thinking like a scientist help us tackle societal issues?
Philip Ball reviews Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the Riddle of Entanglement by Jim Baggott and John L Heilbron
Read article: Entangled entities: Bohr, Einstein and the battle over quantum fundamentals
Farai Mazhandu and Mhlambululi Mafu argue that quantum technologies can help propel the continent into a new era
Read article: Africa’s quantum future offers a beacon of hope
Steve Brierley argues that quantum computers must implement comprehensive error-correction techniques before they can become fully useful to society
Read article: Why error correction is quantum computing’s defining challenge
Margaret Harris reviews Cosmonaut: a Cultural History by Cathleen S Lewis
Read article: Never mind the right stuff, here’s the red stuff: how Yuri Gagarin and the cosmonauts shaped Soviet space culture
Robert P Crease, Jennifer Carter and Gino Elia advise on how to resolve a spat in quantum physics
Read article: Wigner’s friend: the quantum thought experiment that continues to confound
Claire Malone reviews Molecular Storms: the Physics of Stars, Cells and the Origin of Life by Liam Graham
Read article: Explaining the origin of life with physics
James McKenzie examines the pioneering work of HyProMag in recycling rare-earth magnets
Read article: How a technique for recycling rare-earth permanent magnets could transform the green economy
Katherine Skipper reviews Things That Go Bump in the Universe by C Renée James
Read article: A suspenseful story of life and death in the universe
Katherine Wright reviews Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean by Matt Strassler
Read article: An ambitious journey through the cosmos that sometimes gets lost at sea
