Flying the flag for wind energy
Dave Elliott says that the sky could be no limit for airborne wind turbines
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Extremely absurd and incredibly fun
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe is a hilarious and useful read for physicists, writes James Kakalios
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A relative journey
Andrew Robinson's Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist is a superb and compelling book, writes Ian Randall
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The physics-based firm that helped spawn the IVF revolution
How Research Instruments went from micro-manipulators to IVF and is now backing a brand-new physics-innovation prize, as James McKenzie explains
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Occult arts and sceptical sciences
Philip Ball delves into the mystic and the physical worlds, in Physics and Psychics: the Occult and the Sciences in Modern Britain by Richard Noakes
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Floating the solar photovoltaic boat
Dave Elliott examines how installing solar capacity at sea could boost renewable-energy production
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Beyond biology
JV Chamary reviews Superior: the Return of Race Science by Angela Saini
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A mathematical mindset: Graham Farmelo sings the praises of string theory
Matin Durrani reviews The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets by Graham Farmelo
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Kamchatka or bust: Paul Steinhardt’s quest for quasicrystals from outer space
Hamish Johnston reviews The Second Kind of Impossible: the Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter by Paul Steinhardt
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Solar-powered planes, trains and automobiles
Dave Elliott examines how solar energy could be used for modern transportation
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