Business and innovation Opinion and reviews How to persuade a venture capitalist to fund your business James McKenzie examines the art of securing money from venture capitalists Read article: How to persuade a venture capitalist to fund your business
Instrumentation and measurement Opinion and reviews Measuring up: how our search for the speed of light led to our current understanding of physics David Appell reviews Lightspeed: the Ghostly Aether and the Race to Measure the Speed of Light by John Spence Read article: Measuring up: how our search for the speed of light led to our current understanding of physics
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews Not everything that can happen does happen – reformulating physics as laws about the impossible Philip Ball reviews The Science of Can and Can’t by Chiara Marletto Read article: Not everything that can happen does happen – reformulating physics as laws about the impossible
Particle and nuclear Opinion and reviews Muons and streetlights: the six-decade quest to pinpoint the value of g–2 Robert P Crease on why the new measurement of “g–2” was just the latest in a series of such experiments that stretches back more than 60 years Read article: Muons and streetlights: the six-decade quest to pinpoint the value of g–2
Diversity and inclusion Opinion and reviews Towards a new equality narrative to encourage under-represented groups into physics Recognizing other sources of technical knowledge can encourage people from under-represented groups into physics Read article: Towards a new equality narrative to encourage under-represented groups into physics
Diversity and inclusion Opinion and reviews Why we need to stop gaslighting minority physics students Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on how intuition in physics can be a social construct, one that culturally embeds who is normal and what is intuitive Read article: Why we need to stop gaslighting minority physics students
Diversity and inclusion Opinion and reviews Why we need to change the public’s perception of physics Arushi Borundia says that while stereotypes will always exist, more can be done to change the public’s perception of what a physicist is Read article: Why we need to change the public’s perception of physics
Culture, history and society Opinion and reviews The story of science fiction and society Ian Randall reviews Science Fiction by Sherryl Vint Read article: The story of science fiction and society
Business and innovation Opinion and reviews Arm Holdings faces uncertain future – and why it matters to you Arm Holdings’ chips power countless smart phones, tablets and TVs, but the company faces an uncertain future. James McKenzie explains Read article: Arm Holdings faces uncertain future – and why it matters to you
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews The fight for physics: how combat robotics on TV’s BattleBots turns students on to science TV robot fights are not just entertainment – they can also help turn students on to physics and engineering, as Robert P Crease finds out Read article: The fight for physics: how combat robotics on TV’s BattleBots turns students on to science
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