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Read article: Fighting flat-Earth theory Ethics Feature Fighting flat-Earth theory Rachel Brazil explores ways in which the physics community can best combat unscientific thinking, such as the belief the Earth is flat
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Read article: What would you do? Ethics Opinion and reviews What would you do? If you'd heard rumours that a physicist had abused others, would you – asks Robert P Crease – follow those rumours up?
Read article: Towards a quantum advantage Ethics Opinion and reviews Towards a quantum advantage Leonie Mueck, Carmen Palacios-Berraquero and Divya M Persaud argue that the term “quantum supremacy” should be replaced
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