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January 22, 2009

Live Blog from the IAU 260 Symposium, S12 Astronomy, the Media and Society, Part 3

The next speaker is Catalin Mosoia, (Romania), Science and Jourmalism: friend or foe? Questions and answers – Curiosity _ a desire for knowing more than what […]
January 22, 2009

Live Blog from the IAU 260 Symposium, S12 Astronomy, the Media and Society Part 2

The next speakers are Dominique Leglu, on the subject of “Astronomy: medias’ favourite. A very interesting talk from a journalist with a background in particle phyics, […]
January 22, 2009

Live Blog from the IAU 260 Symposium, S12 Astronomy, the Media and Society

Back into Liveblog mode! The first session I am attending today is the Astronomy, the media and society session held in room 2 close to the […]
January 20, 2009

Early Learning and Astronomy, IAU 260 Symposium

Today was the first day of the IAU’s 260 Symposium on the Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture. I registered around 8.30am then headed back […]
January 17, 2009

Wakey Wakey! It's Saturday after the Opening Ceremony, time to recover!

Wow am I tired, I’ve struggled to wake up this morning from all the excitement and all the running round tracking down events and sessions at […]
January 16, 2009

Final act, and last bit of computer power!

So, here I am waiting a few more tics to pass by the clock to run upstairs with overlarge laptop and to blog the final notes […]
January 16, 2009

Solar Storm

The electromagnetic activity of the sun’s sunspots rages across the screen, only the violin strikes its chords against a malevolent storm. As the sun ejects solar […]
January 16, 2009

Jupiter, king of the planets

The third act and the quartet are playing softly against the background of whale and birdsong, a striking combination. A close up of Jupiter’s Great Red […]
January 16, 2009

Violins, Cielos and random imagery

I went for a wander and passed the main hall to where the quartet were playing, and popped my head round the corner for a few […]