Today’s physics news: alien encounters ‘within twenty years’, why a woman’s place should be in the lab and more

Today’s physics news: alien encounters ‘within twenty years’, why a woman’s place should be in the lab and more

Alien encounters ‘within twenty years’
A top Russian astronomer say he expects humans to encounter extraterrestrial civilisations within the next two decades.
Guardian

Why a woman’s place should be in the lab
Just 10 per cent of Royal Society members are women. But more can be done to change that.
Telegraph

Edwin Hubble in translation trouble
Amateur historians say famed astronomer may have censored a foreign rival.
Nature

Solar wind sheds light on early solar system
Genesis mission reveals differences between the Earth and the Sun.
Physics World