An interstellar culture clash
Jennifer Ouellette ponders the scientific and political messages of Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem
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15 years and counting
Robert P Crease reflects on a decade and a half of the Physics World Critical Point column
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Between the lines
Sun-centred poetry, an insider’s view of dark matter research and a tribute to the Hubble Space Telescope, reviewed by Margaret Harris and Tushna Commissariat
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Web life: Restricted Data: the Nuclear Secrecy Blog
Digging up the dirt on the early nuclear age
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Albert and Erwin: decline and fall
A fresh take on Erwin Schrödinger's later years in Ireland, reviewed by Denis Weaire
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Fight over light
Robert P Crease examines why Goethe so savagely attacked Newton's views on optics
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Fostering talent
Abraham Loeb on how to nurture promising students before they have made their discoveries
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Bringing the quantum to life
Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden's primer on quantum biology hits the mark with Marta Varela
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Between the lines
Mathematical doodles, the “new space” era and a pocket guide to astronomy, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Meet the kaleidoholics
Robert P Crease stumbles into the incredible world of a "philosophical toy" that’s 200 years old
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