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As we close volume 5 of Nature Reviews Physics, here are some highlights of the past year.

In November, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who and challenge our readers with a quiz to spot the real physics terms amid the science fiction.

Making physics environmentally sustainable requires changes at all levels — individual, institutional and systemic — and all physicists have the chance to act, regardless of career stage. What needs to happen, and how can you get involved?

We ask how peer review will adapt as the ways physicists work undergo rapid changes.

Why are we enlisting an Advisory Board, and who are the first members?

As we go into the Northern Hemisphere summer beach reads season — and the Southern Hemisphere winter fireside time — we share five biographical books we’ve been reading recently.

In the June issue we celebrate the past and present of quantum physics and try to imagine its future.

How should scientists talk about AI systems? Here is how we will approach the editing of such language to ensure clarity, accuracy and avoid misinterpretation and anthropomorphism.

A glass of your preferred carbonated drink — whether beer, champagne or soda — holds some fascinating physics. This month, we share some of our favourite bubbly phenomena.

Physics has an undeniable environmental cost, which sits uncomfortably with the climate and sustainability concerns of many physicists. How can you respond?

Data sharing has been a success for large collaborations like CERN and LIGO. But what about small research groups with bespoke experimental setups?

As we start volume 5 of Nature Reviews Physics we introduce the team behind the journal.