Life from Venus Blown to Earth
Jul 26"Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr Janaki Wickramasinghe claim Venus's clouds contain chemicals that are consistent with the presence of micro organisms." These two are from Cardiff's centre for Astrobiology and the elder of the two has singlehandedly given the field a bad name over the past twenty years. The whole concept of this idea is that life form in clouds on Venus and blew to Earth...
Sunshine on a Rainy Day
Jul 23
Ah here I am in ever-so sunny Aix in the south of France. I'm blogging from my iPhone right now because I'm by the pool and too comfy to go and find my laptop. I'm also testing out the Wordpress app from the App Store. The skies here are big and clear and even these early Perseids look amazing. Getting the telescope out later for some real sightseeing. ...
Astronomy iPhone App in Store
Jul 10
Was just looking through the App Store on iTunes and found an astronomy application for the iPhone/iPod Touch called Starmap. It will be fun to play with this tomorrow when I can actually install any of these apps. Why Apple has let me browse and buy these things a full day before I can even use them, I don't know. (Screenshots inside).
Carnival of Space 61
Jul 03Mang is hosting his first Carnival of Space this week. I'd like to highlight a couple of articles from the list here, too.
Sarkozy: Spaceman
Jul 01
President Sarkozy is looking for UK support to bolster his ideas as France takes over the ESA presidency today. He wants to lead Europe into space in a way that doesn't leave it trailing the likes of Indian, China and Japan.
UK Physics Teacher Shortage
Jun 30
Almost one in four secondary schools in England no longer has any specialist physics teachers, a survey suggests.
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