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Ideas Worth Spreading: My TED 2014 Experience
TED 2014 has just ended here in Vancouver and I have finally now experienced an event I’ve heard a lot about for many years. I’ve watched TED talks online for as long as I’ve watched anything online and the real deal did not disappoint. Attending TED for the first time has been intense, wonderful, and […]
MoreThe Zooniverse in 3mins 21s
This was recorded at the Citizen Cyberscience Summit in London in February – it’s me summarising the Zooniverse for anyone out there that might like to try out our own brand of Citizen Science.
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Turgidity Timelapse: Tomato Plant Drinking Water
Plants aren’t something I know very much about, but I remember the concept of turgor pressure from my GCSEs. Plant cells absorb water a different way to the cells in our bodies because they contain ‘vacuoles’ which our cells don’t have. Plant cells also have cell walls, and as the vacuole absorbs more and more […]
MoreOur Stargazing Oxford mini-lectures are online for all to see
During our Stargazing Oxford event on January 12th we had three sets of mini-lectures. These are short, concise talks about astrophysics that anyone should get something out of. There’s galaxies, planets, cosmology and more. I’ll be blogging links to some of these in the next few days. You can find the current set of talks […]
MoreThierry Legault does it again! Utterly incredible movie of the Space Shuttle Discovery as it approaches the International Space Station at 17,000mph. This movie was taken from the ground. [Direct link] (Source: http://sites.estvideo.net/)
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