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Finding the right boundaries

Roger Penrose’s book on “fashion, faith and fantasy” in physics asks excellent questions, but reviewer Chanda Prescod-Weinstein finds some of the answers wanting

A Penrose diagram of an infinite Minkowski universe. The diagram is shaped like a diamond and has straight and curved white lines connecting opposite corners of the diamond, representing the curve of space-time. The diamond is filled with a starry sky and sits against a black background

Unknown unknowns

Robert P Crease says people who raise “unknown unknowns” to promote a particular course of action are doing a disservice to science

Photo of the beamline at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

An artificial threat?

Physics World reviews AI: Its Nature and Future by Margaret Boden

Inside a nuclear city

Physics World reviews the film City 40 by Samira Goetschel

The heart of the metropolis

Physics World reviews Science and the City: the Mechanics Behind the Metropolis by Laurie Winkless

Gender balance, one woman at a time

Can a female teacher help convince girls to study advanced physics? Physics teacher Debbie Hayton had a novel way of finding out

Image of the LGBT rainbow flag on a background of blue sky. The flag is labelled with the wavelengths of red (700 nm), yellow-orange (600 nm), green (500 nm) and purple (400 nm) light

Web life: Azimuth

The official blog of the Azimuth project, which promotes interdisciplinary work on climate change and environmental science

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

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

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

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

Fighting science denial

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

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

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