Everyday science Blog Nobel prize: there should be no controversy There was a reason why science reporters like me groaned at the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physics yesterday...
Publishing Blog arXiv thrives The electronic dust may have only been settling on arXiv for 17 years or so, but the world's favourite e-print server has already amassed half a million papers...
Everyday science Blog Knot very funny Call me a killjoy, but I don't find this year's Ig Nobel prize in physics particularly amusing...
Astroparticle physics Blog The 'Magnificent Seven' of European astroparticle physics In July 2007 Europe's astroparticle physicists drew up a 'wish list' of research projects...
Telescopes and space missions Blog Big prospects for small satellites This morning I caught up with Martin Sweeting, chief executive of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited...
Telescopes and space missions Blog Fly me to the Moon 'We have had only 27 Earth days on the Moon,' said NASA's Michael Griffin...
Everyday science Blog In praise of Pendry and plasmons Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending day two of 'Pendry Fest'...
Everyday science Blog Italian space agency still in flux Yesterday afternoon, I had a brief chat with Enrico Saggese, the controversial new commissioner of the Italian Space Agency...
Everyday science Blog Space fair starts with a shower The weather was dry as I arrived yesterday at the armadillo-shaped congress centre in Glasgow for the 59th International Astronautical Congress...