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During one of our recent walks around the neighborhood, a nice old man stopped Ida and I for a chat. When I mentioned her name, he instantl...

While this blog has been quiet over the last few months, my home certainly hasn't been, thanks to welcoming to the world my little girl...

the rumour is that the LIGO project has detected a significant signal of gravitational waves originating from two distant black holes orbit...

Here is an article I contributed to ABC Science, originally posted here . Five things we know about the universe that will make you fee...

here are some video highlights from neil degrasse tyson 's tour around australia last year. i hosted the melbourne and brisbane show...

all of you early risers may have noticed the lovely line of bright planets across the sky in the morning hours before sunrise lately.  def...

the one, the only, ARETHA FRANKLIN !   this brought me to tears - so pure, so passionate, so powerful.  a great way to say goodbye to 2015....

today's full moon is the first on christmas day in 38 years .  the year was 1977 - when Star Wars Episode IV was released! via NASA...

This article was originally published in The Conversation on on 26th November 2015. Cloudy with a chance of life:  how to find a...