Science

July 19, 2019• Science

Apollo 11: James Burke and Helen Sharman

Earlier this week I was thrilled to be able to go to the Science Museum where they were both screening Apollo 11 on their IMAX screen, and...

September 18, 2017• Photography, Science

Farewell Cassini. You have been wonderful! On Friday, just ahead of Cassini finally burning up in the atmosphere of Saturn as the probe...

February 15, 2017• Radio, Science, TV

In my recent RAJAR piece, I made reference to the sad news that Professor Hans Rosling had died. Rosling was a Swedish professor of global...

January 23, 2016• Science

Come on. Admit it! This sounds like some kind of awesome steampunk mashup – perhaps a graphic novel. Actually it refers to two...

May 22, 2014• Science, TV

This year BBC2 is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and as part of those celebrations, its long running science programme, Horizon, is also...

September 25, 2013• Science, TV

In the last day or so, there’s suddenly been a bit of press speculation about the future of The Sky at Night – the BBC’s...

The alarm was set for 4.00am. I’d bought some Baader solar paper. I’d made a solar filter for my camera, essentially following...

November 15, 2011• Science

If you’re old enough, you might know who James Burke is. He was the presenter of a TV series that had an enormous impact on me as a...

April 22, 2011• Photography, Science

The International Space Station (ISS) is very visible at the moment, appearing as an often very bright, yet very fast-moving star. Taking...

April 8, 2011• Science

On April 12th it will have been 50 years since Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in outer space. There are a fair few...