Feeling the blues: why PhD students are stressed and overworked
If you’ve ever done a PhD in physics, you’ll know it can be tough to learn the art of research while trying to get real scientific results for the first time. But life has been especially hard for today’s PhD students, whose work has been hit by COVID-19. As Karel Green describes, many students have fallen behind with their work and struggled to get enough results. Elsewhere in the issue, explore the physics behind babies, the promise and pitfalls of ChatGPT, and the life and times of Leo Szilard.
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