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Today is the day that Expedition 35 return from the International Space Station. Later tonight they will climb into the docked Soyuz capsule, and perform a re-entry back to Earth, bringing to an end a truly phenomenal period of public … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Education, Geology, News, Physics, Science, Travel
Tagged Blue Marble, Chris Hadfield, Communication, Earth, International Space Station, JASON Project, News, Science, Soyuz, Twitter
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What an opportunity
Today marks the start of the 9th year that NASA’s Opportunity rover has been active on Mars. Launched back in 2003, and landing on January 25th 2004, Opportunity had an operational expectation of 90 sols (a sol being a Martial … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Chemistry, General, Geology, News, Science, Sedimentology, Travel
Tagged Mars, Mössbauer spectroscopy, NASA, Opportunity rover, Spirit rover
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“I can’t think, therefore I probably am not”
This morning while doing my daily trawl of Twitter and Google Reader to see what’s been going on I came across a couple of interesting posts from everyones favourite particle physicist and pop keyboardist – Prof. Brian Cox. These started … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Education, Geology, Media & Perception, Physics, Science
Tagged Brian Cox, CERN, Earth science, Education, Journalism, News, Quantum mechanics, Science, Twitter
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So you want to be a geologist
With many schools running options evening in the upcoming months, I thought I’d put a post together which answers a lot of the questions which I’ve been asked over the years – namely those which amount to “how do you … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Education, Geology, Physics, Science
Tagged A Level, Earth science, Education, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Geology, Science
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