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IAVCEI 2013

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Pete Rowley

Sunday sees the start of the biggest gathering of volcanologists in a specialist conference. The International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) General Assembly is only held every 4 years, each occasion at a different place. … Continue reading →

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Spaced

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Pete Rowley

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 →

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Accretionary Wedge #52

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Pete Rowley

Been a while since I had a chance to get in on the Accretionary Wedge, which – for those of you who are perhaps not familiar – is something of a geoscience blog carnival. Once a month, someone hosts a … Continue reading →

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Some ways in which science journalists demonstrate they don’t understand science journalism

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Pete Rowley

This afternoon Ananyo Bhattacharya, the Chief Online Editor for the journal Nature, posted a piece on the Guardian website entitled “Nine ways scientists demonstrate they don’t understand journalism”. While he makes a few valid points further down the article (the … Continue reading →

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“I can’t think, therefore I probably am not”

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Pete Rowley

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 →

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Well then

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Pete Rowley

So I decided what this world needs is another blog. I appreciate there are many blogs out there.  In fact I’d go so far as to say there are many like it.  But this one is mine. The simple background … Continue reading →

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