Archive for 'Astronomy & Science'
Exclusive: SKA bid looks to SkyNet for computing – CIO Magazine
Posted on 19. May, 2011 by admin.
Exclusive: SKA bid looks to SkyNet for computing CIO Magazine The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), along with iVEC, the company running the $80 million high performance computing Pawsey Centre at CSIRO in Western Australia, are set to launch a “citizen science ” application this year …
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Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson Set for MOVIE KING Reading, 5/19 – Broadway World
Posted on 16. May, 2011 by admin.
Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson Set for MOVIE KING Reading, 5/19 Broadway World … an eye towards the exploration of Science through Art. Off Broadway: Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree, Mike Daisey's How Theatre Failed America, Regional and Touring: The Flying Karamazov Brothers'; L'Universe; Starball; A Dreamy Musical Astronomy Show; ..
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UK Parliament Panel Slams Physics, Astronomy Cuts – Science AAAS
Posted on 12. May, 2011 by admin.
UK Parliament Panel Slams Physics, Astronomy Cuts Science AAAS “The idea that subjects like astronomy and particle physics do not provide immediate economic returns and therefore can be sacrificed at the altar of cutbacks is nonsense,” says Andrew Miller, chair of the House of Commons' Science and Technology … and more
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How will the Arab Spring affect religion and science? – Washington Post (blog)
Posted on 10. May, 2011 by admin.
How will the Arab Spring affect religion and science ?
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Education: Rethinking PhDs – Nature.com (subscription)
Posted on 20. Apr, 2011 by admin.
Nature.com (subscription) Education: Rethinking PhDs Nature.com (subscription) The Open University, which is headquartered in Milton Keynes, UK, now has about 40 part-time science PhD students. They work locally, conducting research at a local astronomy lab, for example, then are expected to check in every two weeks via Skype …
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Earth’s climate from space – 24dash (press release)
Posted on 25. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Earth's climate from space 24dash (press release) Professor John Remedios, from the University of Leicester's Department of Physics and Astronomy , will explore aspects of the current state of the Earth's climate. Improvements in satellite technology have increased accuracy of the obtained global data … and more
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Alastair Reynolds: The Moral Universe – Locus Online
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Locus Online Alastair Reynolds: The Moral Universe Locus Online I don't feel limited by saying I'm writing science fiction; I feel liberated by it. Though I was a space scientist and I got a PhD in Astronomy , now I'm as likely to read something about brain science or genetics or particle physics as I am about the …
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Adult education stimulates the mind and expands knowledge – Herald Scotland
Posted on 18. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Adult education stimulates the mind and expands knowledge Herald Scotland At 16 I trekked weekly from a very modest family home in Dumbarton to Paisley Museum where Profs Archie Roy (the ultimate veteran DACE lecturer) and the late Mike Ovenden were teaching a DACE astronomy class. That and Coats Observatory and Patrick …
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Events – February 10 onwards – ChesterChronicle.co.uk
Posted on 06. Feb, 2011 by admin.
Events – February 10 onwards ChesterChronicle.co.uk CHESTER: Society of Thirteen lecture entitled Astronomy and Art by Professor David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at Sheffield University, who has conducted research into the minor bodies of the solar system and has lectured all over the world … and more
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News in brief – Times Higher Education
Posted on 03. Feb, 2011 by admin.
News in brief Times Higher Education Meanwhile, an inquiry into astronomy and particle physics will examine the consequences of the reduced capital budget awarded to the Science and Technology …
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