Andrew Robinson reviews Kingdom of Characters: a Tale of Language, Obsession and Genius in Modern China by Jing Tsu
Read article: Technology with characters: the story of China’s unique transformation
Robert P Crease wonders what lessons we can learn from movies about comets and asteroids heading towards Earth
Read article: Hollywood disaster movies: what they signal about science
Jess Wade reviews Carbon Queen: the Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus by Maia Weinstock
Read article: Mildred Dresselhaus: a giant of nanoscience
Jess Wade and Maryam Zaringhalam say that changing prize processes can help to champion a more equitable future
Read article: Why reforming scientific awards can help to tackle discrimination in physics
Kate Gardner reviews sci-fi novel The EXODUS Incident by physicist Peter Schattschneider
Read article: Putting the physics into science fiction
The simplest questions are often the best. Robert P Crease tries to answer one from a physics student in Kenya
Read article: Physics on the cheap: the secret to the best undergraduate science projects
Joanne O’Meara reviews Ten Days in Physics that Shook the World: How Physicists Transformed Everyday Life by Brian Clegg
Read article: The transformative power of physics and how it has helped to build the modern world
James McKenzie thinks that small modular nuclear reactors could help many countries to meet their “net-zero” emissions targets
Read article: Why smaller is better when it comes to nuclear power
David Appell reviews A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars by Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
Read article: A most improbable physicist: how Hakeem Oluseyi survived a troubled early life and went on to succeed in physics
Marie Hemingway and Mark Geoghegan on why non-disclosure agreements should be banned in cases of harassment at work
Read article: Bullying and harassment in physics affects us all
