Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/29
Katherine Skipper
Craig Jantzen is the first secretary and regional manager for the UK’s Science Innovation Network in the Nordic and Baltic regions. As a former nuclear scientist, he talks to Katherine Skipper about his varied career, how he learned to make mistakes, and why he thinks scientists can make great diplomats.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/23
John Hill
A response to the letter by Alan Neal (May 2024), who speculated on the origin of the term “boffin” – a term that the Institute of Physics wants journalists to avoid using to describe scientists.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/28
Margaret Harris
Margaret Harris reviews Cosmonaut: a Cultural History by Cathleen S Lewis.
Margaret Harris 评论 Cathleen S Lewis 所著的《宇航员:一部文化史》。
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/31
Michael Banks
Featuring the noise produced by a school of fish, a quantum-inspired escape room and a new coffee lab, Michael Banks picks his favourite stories and quotes from the past month.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/16
Michael Banks
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has launched a new award to help universities attract, support and retain a diverse physics community.
物理学会(IOP)推出了一个新奖项,以帮助大学吸引、支持和留住多元化的物理学界人士。
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/11
Peter Gwynne
NASA is seeking alternative designs for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, which is meant to bring back soil and rocks gathered by the agency’s Perseverance rover.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/20
Mike Follows
A response to the careers article by Katherine Skipper (May 2024) about the upcoming “teacher degree apprenticeships” – a new route into teaching in which students will spend 40% of their time at university and the rest working in a school.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/19
Robert P Crease
Placing scientific laboratories in their local communities poses challenges, says Robert P Crease.
罗伯特-P-克雷斯(Robert P Crease)说,将科学实验室安置在当地社区会带来挑战。
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/22
Elizabeth Swinbank
A response to Emma Chapman’s feature article on the development of radio astronomy (April 2024), which looked at how it grew from amateur roots to the professional discipline we know today.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/06/14
Michael Banks
Following almost three decades of planning and construction the world’s highest observatory has begun operations.
经过近三十年的规划和建设,世界上海拔最高的天文台已开始运行。
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