Arabic science has long made valuable contributions to mathematics and astronomy, Jim Al-Khalili calls for reforms to foster another “golden age”
Read article: How to achieve a scientific ‘Arab spring’
Using nanotechnology to teach ethics has its pros and cons, finds Robert P Crease
Read article: Nanoethical concerns
A biography of one of the Manhattan Project's less-heralded physicists, reviewed by Andrew Robinson
Read article: Good scientists and honest people
New Zealand-based theoretical cosmologist Richard Easther discusses big science stories and takes aim at bad science reporting in this personal blog
Read article: Web life: Excursion Set
A book about the 1783 eruption of the Icelandic volcano Laki and the lessons it holds for us today, reviewed by Hazel Rymer
Read article: From the past, a fiery warning
A dual biography of Faraday and Maxwell, an insider’s tale of the Higgs hunt and a flawed study of the physics of warfare, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Between the lines
Robert P Crease reckons he knows why science has lost its authority among politicians
Read article: Why don’t they listen?
A beautiful introduction to the glories of the nanoworld, reviewed by Margaret Harris
Read article: Tiny pretty things
Rebecca Slayton's book Arguments That Count has implications that stretch far beyond Cold War history, according to reviewer Philip Webber
Read article: The problem of missile defence
Jack Lissauer reviews Lee Billings' Five Billion Years of Solitude, a collection of stories about exoplanet science
Read article: All alone in the universe?
