Robert P Crease says that if we want to ditch fossil fuels, we must reassess the validity of the “linear no-threshold” model of radiation
Read article: How sound is the model used to establish safe radiation levels?
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?
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
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
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
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
Kate Gardner reviews Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Read article: What a novel can teach us about sexism in the scientific workplace
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
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
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
