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
Achintya Rao reviews A Citizen’s Guide to AI by John Zerilli and co-authors
Read article: Friend or foe? Machine learning and how it is shaping our lives
Paolo Elias says that the COVID-19 pandemic offers the chance to revamp how we assess physics students at school and college
Read article: Why now is the time to change bad exam habits
David Appell reviews Seven Pillars of Science: the Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific Surprises by John Gribbin
Read article: Surprising physics that we depend on for existence
Robert P Crease describes how news of a radiation leak at a US neutron facility was handled in today’s online, networked and locked-down world
Read article: Crisis in a lockdown: how NIST coped with a radiation leak
Andrew Glester reviews Dream Big: How to Reach for Your Stars by Abigail Harrison
Read article: Reaching for Mars: advice for realizing the biggest dreams
James McKenzie celebrates some of the firms that have won business innovation awards from the Institute of Physics
Read article: Winning an IOP business award could give your firm a boost
Sebastian Wood says that science needs to welcome different faiths and do more to build bridges between the two communities
Read article: Recognizing religious diversity in physics
Ian Randall reviews The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales
Read article: Strolling in the deep
Caitlin Duffy says that scientists have a duty to speak up and challenge misinformation
Read article: Standing up for science in difficult times
