December 2017 (Volume 26, Number 11)

What You Need to Know: APS and SCOAP3
HEP Papers to be Open Access as of January 1

APS Inventories Its Carbon Footprint
In Follow-up to Climate Change Statement, APS Conducts Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Publishes Results

Charting a Future for U.S. Physics
APS Leaders talk about science and policy

YouTube’s Physics Girl
A conversation with physicist-turned-science-communicator, Dianna Cowern

A Physicist Pushes for Interstellar Travel
Solar sails might propel future spacecraft

Robert Henry Bragg, Jr. 1919-2017
Distinguished researcher worked to establish opportunities for African American scientists

Managing the Flood of Space Program Data
A web and marketing specialist has a solution for how to handle the copious data produced by space missions

International News
Physics in Africa: An APS Project Poised for Impact

This Month in Physics History
December 12, 1921: Death of Henrietta Swan Leavitt

News from the APS Office of Public Affairs
FGSA Email Campaign Tackles Provision in Proposed Tax Reform Bill

The Back Page
Doublet Dudes: Shaping the Future of Fusion