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Read article: Half a life Personalities Opinion and reviews Half a life Jess Wade reviews the film Radioactive, directed by Marjane Satrapi
Read article: A call for unity within particle physics Policy and funding Opinion and reviews A call for unity within particle physics Regardless of which high-energy collider design gets the CERN council's approval, Tessa Charles argues that proponents of competing proposals need to work well together
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Read article: The vagabond physicist Personalities Opinion and reviews The vagabond physicist Andrew Robinson reviews Einstein in Bohemia by Michael Gordin