Read article: The great high-energy write-off
The great high-energy write-off
A forensically detailed analysis of what went wrong with the Superconducting Super Collider impresses reviewer Andrew Robinson
Read article: The great high-energy write-off
Read article: Between the lines: Christmas books
Between the lines: Christmas books
A smorgasbord of popular-science books for your end-of-year delectation, reviewed by Margaret Harris, Hamish Johnston and Tushna Commissariat
Read article: Trafficking in big ideas
Trafficking in big ideas
Siobhan Roberts’ “unflinchingly honest” biography of John Horton Conway sets Arthur I Miller reflecting on the way mathematical geniuses think
Read article: Web life: DSFP’s Spaceflight History
Web life: DSFP’s Spaceflight History
A look at spaceflight's lesser-known stories with science writer David S F Portree
Read article: A dark day for dinosaurs
A dark day for dinosaurs
Lisa Randall's "entertaining and radical" speculations about dark matter and the dinosaurs intrigue reviewer Pete Edwards, but he's not fully convinced
Read article: Cooking Bacon
Cooking Bacon
Has Francis Bacon been unfairly vilified, asks Robert P Crease
Read article: Between the lines
Between the lines
Theorist Mary Gaillard’s memoir of life at CERN in the 1960s sparkles with insights, while an overview of the hunt for the rarest metals on Earth fails to deliver the goods
Read article: Web life: Astrobites
Web life: Astrobites
A blog where astronomy PhD students write bite-sized summaries of recent astronomy papers for undergraduates
Read article: Individual recognition
Individual recognition
Sahal Yacoob describes how a "target culture" can cause problems when applied to academia
Read article: Between the lines
Between the lines
Insights on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, science fiction from the Indian astrophysicist Jayant V Narlikar and an overview of the cosmic microwave background
