Ireland invests in the future
R&D is now a top priority for the Irish government
John Bardeen: genius in action
The first biography of the only person to win two Nobel Prizes for Physics
A model approach to society
Scientists must have a two-way dialogue with the public
Europe’s gaps in R&D
The EU has set ambitious targets for R&D spending
Physics and industry
Under-investment and a shortage of physics graduates are bad news for physics- based industries
Read article: Anti-Einstein sentiment surfaces again
Anti-Einstein sentiment surfaces again
In defence of Einstein
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The Newton-Beethoven analogy
Genius and creativity in art and science
Smarter, wiser, happy or sad?
Long ago, when I was a postdoc at Harvard, I read a book by Herman Kahn, futurologist and all-round guru at the Hudson Institute in New York State. He gave a ranked list of the 50 major problems that ...
Read article: The Rosalind Franklin question
The Rosalind Franklin question
Why are we still fascinated by the Dark Lady of DNA?
Physics and DNA
50 years of physics and the double helix
