Read article: How to become a better PhD supervisor
Rikke Plougmann argues that PhD students can only thrive if their wellbeing – and not just their scientific development – is properly supported
Read article: Could this revolutionary plane turn air travel green?
The airline industry is emerging from COVID-19 with progress on de-carbonizing air travel, as James McKenzie discovers
Read article: Making science centre stage
Jim Grozier reviews The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity by Robin Ince
Read article: Peter Higgs: the man behind the machine
Achintya Rao reviews Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass by Frank Close
Read article: Tracks of my tears: the true meaning of Peter Higgs’ emotion at CERN in 2012
Physics is often viewed as a dispassionate and purely objective activity. So how, wonders Robert P Crease, do we explain the reaction of Peter Higgs when the boson that bears his name...
Read article: Eileen Collins, NASA astronaut: commanding missions and making history
Andrew Glester reviews Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: the Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen M Collins with Jonathan H Ward
Read article: Living in a material world: a scientist’s approach to making
Susanne Klein reviews Handmade: a Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making by Anna Ploszajski
Read article: Avoiding artefacts: do you know when you’re seeing a real signal?
Can you distinguish experimental errors from the real voice of nature? Robert P Crease wants your stories
Read article: The International Day of Light: celebrating the power of glass
To celebrate the International Day of Light, James McKenzie reflects on the wonders of optical communications
Read article: Human versus machine, in space
Andrew Robinson reviews The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration by Donald Goldsmith and Martin Rees
