Erwin Schrödinger: why did he fail at Oxford?
Matin Durrani reviews Schrödinger in Oxford by David Clary
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Why we need to tackle university degree inflation
With more physics students than ever before getting top grades, Peter Main calls for new ways of measuring university performance to avoid “grade inflation”
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The power of photonics: from vertical farming to quantum computing
James McKenzie remains enthralled by photonics, which is a critical industry for economic growth
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Climate intervention: a possible hope in the face of humanity’s biggest problem
Hamish Johnston reviews Pandora’s Toolbox: the Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention by Wake Smith
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When physicists and philosophers realize they share a noble truth
Robert P Crease reports from a meeting where physicists and philosophers were, for once, in the same quantum state
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How to extinguish academic burnout
Caitlin Duffy argues that it is important for PhD students to develop interests outside the lab and not just solely focus on their research
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Uncovering the universe’s invisible secrets
Laura Hiscott reviews The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell
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Magnets, magnets, magnets: we’ll need lots of them for a green economy
James McKenzie realizes that we’re going to need lots of magnets if we want to turn the economy green
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From tick tock to TikTok: how humans keep track of time
Sharon Ann Holgate reviews A Brief History of Timekeeping: the Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks by Chad Orzel
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Hello interflexionality: what I learned from the 14th Gathering for Gardner
Robert P Crease relives the recent G4G14 meeting, where fun and science met
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