How entropy might increase backwards in time – as well as forwards
Sidney Perkowitz reviews The Janus Point: a New Theory of Time by Julian Barbour
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Space for all: here are some of the huge commercial opportunities away from Earth
With launch costs plummeting fast, James McKenzie examines the huge commercial potential of the space sector
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The danger of contaminating the night sky
Karel Green says that while private space endeavours are to be welcomed, we should not ignore the social and ethical concerns that they raise
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Laughing in the face of danger: how Netflix’s Don’t Look Up captures climate complexity
Laura Hiscott reviews the film Don’t Look Up, directed by Adam McKay and available now on Netflix
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Indefatigable wonder: how Brian Cox’s latest show conveys the immense scale of the cosmos
Laura Hiscott reviews the new television show Universe, presented by Brian Cox, which was broadcast last year and is now available online
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Snowflakes, snorkelling and spacewalks: your holiday secrets revealed
Robert P Crease reveals readers’ favourite holiday-physics problems – and outlines some new teasers too
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Joining the dots: how seemingly unrelated fields of science are fundamentally linked
Laura Hiscott reviews Eight Improbable Possibilities: the Mystery of the Moon and Other Implausible Scientific Truths by John Gribbin
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How geometry can help us understand everything from biology to politics
Michael Banks reviews Shape: the Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else by Jordan Ellenberg
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How the technology we create changes us
Kate Gardner reviews The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez
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Two scientists’ debate over whether the universe had a beginning – and how the elements were created
Laura Hiscott reviews Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate by Paul Halpern
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