Artificial intelligence Opinion and reviews GenAI: can we get its good side to outweigh the bad and the ugly? Honor Powrie reflects on what impact AI might have in the future Read article: GenAI: can we get its good side to outweigh the bad and the ugly?
Astronomy and space Opinion and reviews Cosmic chronicles: the impact of celestial instabilities on human history Emma Chapman reviews Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: How the Solar System Shaped Human History – And May Help Save Our Planet by Dagomar Degroot Read article: Cosmic chronicles: the impact of celestial instabilities on human history
Culture, history and society Opinion and reviews Industry should invest in developing and practising storytelling Scientists must be rewarded for clearly explaining difficult concepts, says Mark Procter Read article: Industry should invest in developing and practising storytelling
Culture, history and society Opinion and reviews The unsavoury rise of ‘populist physics’: here’s how best to respond Robert P Crease sees three ways to respond to attacks on physics Read article: The unsavoury rise of ‘populist physics’: here’s how best to respond
Artificial intelligence Opinion and reviews Demon in the AI machine: bias, bad data and the burden of proof Andrew Glester reviews the film Mercy, directed by Timur Bekmambetov Read article: Demon in the AI machine: bias, bad data and the burden of proof
Materials Opinion and reviews The secret world of tribology Honor Powrie pays tribute to the work of tribologists Read article: The secret world of tribology
History Opinion and reviews Illuminating, beautiful and disturbing: a photographic record of the Trinity atomic test Margaret Harris reviews Trinity: an Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test Read article: Illuminating, beautiful and disturbing: a photographic record of the Trinity atomic test
Materials Opinion and reviews Get your teeth into the cutting edge of materials science Robert P Crease discovers the true extent of materials science in a dental lab Read article: Get your teeth into the cutting edge of materials science
Quantum Opinion and reviews Universities should judge quantum-computing investments by what students learn Students need to experiment with real quantum-computing systems, says Alex Krasnok Read article: Universities should judge quantum-computing investments by what students learn
Careers Opinion and reviews Honor Powrie: 10 things I wish I’d known (or done better) when I started my career Honor Powrie offers advice for physicists at the start of their careers Read article: Honor Powrie: 10 things I wish I’d known (or done better) when I started my career