We’re very saddened to hear of Patrick Moore’s death this weekend – by way of tribute, here’s our favourite Patrick YouTube outing. Continue reading
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If a rover breaks down on another planet, does anyone hear it?
Curiosity succesfully landed on Mars over three weeks ago (Earth time), and has since sent us back this HD video of its spectacular plummet – including a not so graceful landing of the jettisoned heat shield: Now, the rover is on its way to its first region, Glenelg, 400 metres east of its landing spot. … Continue reading
Olympic Games count down…!
With just one week to go until the big launch, we arrived at the geology castle this week to find ourselves Wenlocked! Continue reading
What a carve-up!
Not far from Burlington House stands Economist Plaza, home to the famous magazine of that name, and known to architects as the first building in the UK to be faced with the Portland Roach. That’s the limestone full of distinctive hollows created by dissolution of mostly gastropod and bivalve shells – leaving their body cavity infills behind … Continue reading