Read article: What has the Earth ever done for us?
A captivating read, Origins: How the Earth Made Us by Lewis Dartnell would be of equal interest to students of geophysics and history, says Ian Randall
Read article: Energy pathways ahead
Opinions vary on the importance of new technologies to decarbonization, as does optimism, finds Dave Elliott
Read article: Vague but exciting: how the Web transformed business
James McKenzie explains how Tim Berners-Lee's invention of the World Wide Web at CERN has revolutionized how we trade.
Read article: Rethinking power: pipes versus wires
Does the energy system have to be all-electric? Dave Elliot examines the debate
Read article: Why artificial intelligence has brought scientists and philosophers together
An ongoing debate in artificial-intelligence research reveals productive interactions between cognitive scientists and philosophers, says Robert P Crease
Read article: Energy saving – and use – without end
Dave Elliott ponders whether energy-efficiency costs will fall as take-up rises, in response to a paper from Amory Lovins
Read article: With stars in my eyes
Tushna Commissariat reviews Seeing Stars: a Complete Guide to the 88 Constellations by Sara Gillingham
Read article: The life ahead is electric
Will we get a Cornucopian future of plentiful cheap clean power or market self-cannibalization? Dave Elliott gives his take
Read article: Modernizing classical physics
David Nolte says it is time to bring the undergraduate physics curriculum into the 21st century
Read article: Pathway to Pluto
Louisa Preston reviews Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon
