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Photo of Iceland's Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon on a night with aurora present. The lagoon is dotted with icebergs that appear purple under the purple-green light of the aurora

Adventures in search of auroras

This fascinating account of the Northern Lights taught reviewer (and space plasma physicist) Colin Forsyth a thing or two about aurora science

Colour-enhanced transmission electron micrograph showing radiation damage to chromosomes. The chromosomes appear as dark blobs with tendrils and bits and pieces of material scattered around the field of view

The risks and rewards of radiation

Timothy Jorgensen’s book greatly contributes to removing the mystery and misunderstanding that surrounds radiation, writes reviewer Jun Deng

Photo of areas affected by science denial: climate change, food technology, health and energy

Fighting science denial

Robert P Crease on how to fight “science denial” in light of the upcoming US election

Don’t stop them now

Margaret Harris reviews Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

Take a swing

Margaret Harris reviews The Science of the Perfect Swing by Peter Dewhurst

In harm’s way

Margaret Harris reviews Eruption by Steve Olson

Nuclear power’s ups and downs

A timely book on the history of the UK nuclear power industry, reviewed by Geoff Vaughan

Artistic impression of a network of neurons, showing orange tendrils branching out and sparking at the ends

Thinking big thoughts

Vlatko Vedral is wowed by cosmologist Sean Carroll’s paean to "poetic naturalism" and the ability of science to bring meaning to the world

In praise of Descartes

Robert P Crease tackles Steven Weinberg’s criticisms of René Descartes

Photo of three black spoons containing spheres of white yoghurt, garnished with leaves; Photo of triangles of dried mango standing on end; Photo of a culinary foam being gently spooned onto a plate containing yellow and purple edible flowers, two spears of asparagus and thin wedges of tomato; Photo of man’s hand holding an upturned glass that is filling up with smoke from a pipe at the bottom. Smoke swirls around the hand and glass

A physical feast

Mystified by modernist cuisine? Margaret Harris reviews a book that takes culinary physics "out of the lab and into your kitchen"

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