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Isabel Rabey reviews The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule by Angela Saini
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Robert P Crease says that if we want to ditch fossil fuels, we must reassess the validity of the “linear no-threshold” model of radiation
Read article: What’s the right way to ensure the best physicists get honoured?
Scientific prizes should honour the best people, not those with the best connections
Read article: The two faces of a wartime aerospace engineer: the controversial tale of Wernher von Braun
Ian Randall reviews Depravity’s Rainbow by Lewis Bush
Read article: Science will suffer if we fail to preserve academic integrity
Caitlin Duffy says that if trust in science is to be maintained, researchers must be able to report their concerns
Read article: Towering egos and careening space junk: why the new era of space exploration is a disaster in the making
Margaret Harris reviews Astrotopia: the Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Read article: Materials science: the rule of three that guides its development
Robert P Crease finds that materials science institutions evolve in a variety of ways
Read article: What a novel can teach us about sexism in the scientific workplace
Kate Gardner reviews Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Read article: Take an armchair tour of the universe with this sightseer’s guide
Philip Plait is a top-notch tour guide for an imaginary interstellar journey filled with laughs and jaw-dropping sights, writes Clár-Bríd Tohill
Read article: So you think hard disks are boring? It’s time to get real
James McKenzie gains a fascinating insight into the world of magnetics
