Physicists are competitive, but that doesn’t make them cut-throat, argues Robert P Crease
Read article: Competitive not cut-throat: what baseball’s Ted Williams tells us about physicists’ instincts
Niki Bell argues that mathematics A-level could be reformed so that it does more to support physics students
Read article: Where did all the calculus go?
Laura Hiscott reviews What’s Eating the Universe and Other Cosmic Questions by Paul Davies
Read article: An inventory of cosmological mysteries
Laura Hiscott reviews The Spacefarer’s Handbook by Bergita and Urs Ganse
Read article: Planning for space travel
Laura Hiscott reviews Sir James Jeans: Scientist, Philosopher and Musician by Christopher Jeans and Alexandr Kozenko
Read article: The great upheaval in physics – through the eyes of a scientist who was there
Laura Hiscott reviews Reimagining Time: a Light-Speed Tour of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity by Tanya Bub and Jeffrey Bub
Read article: An illustrated guide to relativity
With the pandemic resulting in widescale burnout among academics, Karel Green says that stepping away from the office has never been so essential
Read article: The importance of taking time out
Sabine Hossenfelder reviews Shell Beach: the Search for the Final Theory by Jesper Grimstrup
Read article: A personal mission: one scientist’s search for a theory of everything
Can a holiday make you rich? James McKenzie explains how business ideas – both big and small – often arise when you’re away on vacation
Read article: The business of holidays: why going away can earn you money
David Appell reviews Probable Impossibilities: Musings on Beginnings and Endings by Alan Lightman
Read article: Encountering infinity: the aspects of reality we cannot comprehend
