Read article: A stance against forced retirement
A stance against forced retirement
Paul Ewart says there is little evidence that forcing active physicists to retire “frees up” positions
Read article: A stance against forced retirement
Read article: The vagabond physicist
The vagabond physicist
Andrew Robinson reviews Einstein in Bohemia by Michael Gordin
Read article: Climate change is a ‘Pascal’s wager’: so how will you act?
Climate change is a ‘Pascal’s wager’: so how will you act?
Businesses must take action on climate change, which is why – says James McKenzie – it’s an example of a “Pascal’s wager”
Read article: Worlds beyond Earth
Worlds beyond Earth
The Hayden Planetarium’s new space show has high production values and a strikingly earthy flavour, finds Robert P Crease
Read article: Death by prime numbers
Death by prime numbers
David Appell reviews Prime Suspects: the Anatomy of Integers and Permutations by Andrew Granville, Jennifer Granville and Robert J Lewis
Read article: The secret to flying carbon-free
The secret to flying carbon-free
James McKenzie wonders how realistic it will be to de-carbonize air travel
Read article: More questions than answers
More questions than answers
Qamar Scott reviews Extraterrestrial Languages by Daniel Oberhaus
Read article: An uncertain growth
An uncertain growth
Susan Curtis reviews Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil
Read article: Why do people still believe in conspiracy theories?
Why do people still believe in conspiracy theories?
Robert P Crease wonders why so many people still get fooled by conspiracy theories
Read article: A critical mass of secrets
A critical mass of secrets
Margaret Harris reviews Trinity: the Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History by Frank Close
