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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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“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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The excitement of exploration
With a rather busy week out of the way (which neatly included the production of blackberry and elderberry wine, as well as a blackberry clotted cream ice cream) I can finally take a few minutes to draw some attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Education, General, Geology, Science
Tagged Argus, Exploration, Hydrothermal vent, Nautilus Live, Robert Ballard, Santorini, Science
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