What can quantum multiple-world fiction teach us about identity, ask Robert P Crease and Jennifer Carter
Read article: Constellation and Dark Matter: the TV series that could change your view of quantum mechanics
James McKenzie reports on the launch of new ships that will help the world to cut greenhouse-gas emissions
Read article: Green challenge: can the shipping industry clean up its act?
Megan Povey reviews Physics in the Kitchen by George Vekinis
Read article: Physics cookbook is fun but fails to gel
Margaret Harris reviews Chain Reactions: a Hopeful History of Uranium by Lucy Jane Santos
Read article: When the world went wild for uranium: tales from the history of a controversial element
Jolyon De Freitas says that the ubiquity of optics and photonics in the coming decades will provide many challenges but ample opportunities too
Read article: Why optics is critical to meeting society’s grand challenges
Robert P Crease meets Michael Dubno, who is trying to solve the mystery of the ancient Antikythera mechanical device
Read article: Could the answer to the Antikythera astronomical device emerge from a Manhattan basement?
James McKenzie reveals the lessons we can learn from vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporations after the fall from grace of its CEO
Read article: Tech phoenix: how electric-vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporation is rising from the ashes
Condensed natter: Physics World editors give their compressed verdicts on top new books
Read article: A love of triangles, the physics of spin, volcanic science and Pascal’s papers: micro reviews of the best recent books
Savan Kharel reviews Simulating the Cosmos: Why the Universe Looks the Way It Does by Romeel Davé
Read article: The art of cosmic simulations: can we build a universe on a computer?
Robert P Crease on why we can thank Ursula Le Guin for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat
Read article: Ursula Le Guin: the pioneering author we should thank for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat
