Read article: Protect the scientists of tomorrow from the impact of the pandemic
Karel Green says that funders must support all PhD students due to the devastating impact on research caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
Read article: Why breadth beats depth when it comes to teaching
Niki Bell says that subject-matter experts do not necessarily make the best teachers
Read article: Joe Biden’s inauguration: why the rebuilding of trust in science is not over yet
Robert P Crease is not sure if the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th US president will automatically herald a new day for science in the US
Read article: Intertwined entities: sci-fi anthology explores the impact of AI on human relationships
Tushna Commissariat reviews Entanglements: Tomorrow’s Lovers, Families, and Friends, edited by Sheila Williams
Read article: Powering the beast: why we shouldn’t worry about the Internet’s rising electricity consumption
The Internet will use a fifth of all the world’s electricity by 2025 – and that’s no bad thing, says James McKenzie
Read article: Why free will is beyond physics
Philip Ball argues that “free will” is not ruled out by physics – because it doesn’t stem from physics in the first place
Read article: Where many have gone before
Ian Randall reviews Space 2069: After Apollo – Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond by David Whitehouse
Read article: Following the first stars
Ian Randall reviews First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time by Emma Chapman
Read article: Little book, big science
David Appell reviews The Little Book of Cosmology by Lyman Page
Read article: A universal theory of matter and mind
Tushna Commissariat reviews Synchronicity: the Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect by Paul Halpern
