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Start the week with an awe inspiring view
By Adi. Amazing views from the International Space Station… switch on your speakers for accompanying music. This is Our Planet from Tomislav Safundžić on Vimeo. Image courtesy of the Image Science...
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7 minutes sure to keep us on the edge
by Adi. In exactly 1 month, we will be treated to one of the most exhilarating rides in the solar system. Curiosity (The Mars Science Laboratory) may have had a pretty long journey since its launch...
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Could Higgs help us find life elsewhere?
by Adi. 4th of July 2012, a date which will live in infamy, at least for the physicists amongst us. It was the day when the ‘God particle’ gained its independence from the realm of the unknown and...
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MSL goes for GOLD
By Adi. Every 4 years, the Olympics bring us together to witness the best in human endurance, athleticism and sportsmanship. This week as medals are won and each country’s tally grows, there is one...
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CURIOSITY
By Adi. cu·ri·os·i·ty [kyoor-ee-os-i-tee] Definition: 1.[noun] a state in which you want to learn more about something Synonyms: wonder 2.[noun] something unusual Synonyms: curio, oddity, oddment,...
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Come fly with me
By Adi. Ladies and gentlemen, NASA has turned on the Fasten Seat Belt sign as we approach Gale Crater on Mars. Weather conditions remain within seasonal norms with the skies being dominated by diffuse...
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The next best thing
By Adi In recent days, Curiosity has been busy with self-inspections and calibration of its instrument suite. It has clocked about 150 meters and continues to work in good health. You might have...
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Relive the Landing of Year
By Adi Scientists compare models to observations to better understand their system. Here is a beautiful example where a computer simulation is compared to observations literally out of this world!
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The World is ending today, so we’re taking some time off…
By Claire Shortly the Earth will begin to disintegrate, or will explode from the inside out, or will get hammered by something from space, or will erupt and shake itself to pieces (not to mention the...
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A new Pope and a new particle – is it déjà vu?
By Adi Habemus Papam et Deus Particular – We have a Pope and the God particle. The news bears an eerie likeness to Dan Brown’s plot in Angels and Demons. Last week two important events took place. In...
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When bugs talk
By Adi Microbes make the world go round. There are more microbial cells on you and in you, than your own cells – in fact 99% of them are not human! Some members of our microbiome enable us to digest...
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A new way to see the good old views
By Adi I have always wondered if there will ever be a day when we shall be able to control time and space. You know, fast forward things we experience, then slow them down… Zoom into our world and then...
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Random Sample: Periodic
By Adi We begin this week with what might seem to be a collection of random videos and stories that lead us from earthly elements to stellar spectacles. Individually, they are all interesting but there...
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Stunning Satellite Visualizations
By Adi In today’s post, I was planning to tell you all about my trip in the last few weeks to Germany where I attended the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. This was an incredible opportunity to be...
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Tell me your idea. You have 3 minutes.
By Adi What if you had just three minutes to leave your mark on the world? Could you share your contribution to humanity in less time than it takes to make a cup of coffee? In this age of texts, tweets...
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Earth seeks new management
By Adi Last Saturday, Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott emphatically declared “Australia is under new management”. Since then, he has been briefed by a multitude of senior bureaucrats in Canberra. Apart...
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Lindau – An experience of a lifetime
By Adi Alfred Nobel’s philanthropic gesture of establishing the Nobel Prizes enabled our society to annually recognise some of those who, in Nobel’s words, conferred the greatest benefit to mankind....
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Does My Moon Look Big In This?
By Adi It happens at least once every month. Sometimes, rarely, it happens twice a month. It’s when lunatics roam the streets and when drivers get distracted by what they see up there in the sky. It’s...
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Did life originate with a bang?
By Adi Well, the answer depends on what we mean by the “origin of life”. One could say that it all started 13.8 billion years ago with the birth of the universe – the “shock and awe” process we call...
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