Well or ill defined?
One notices in the council’s definition that science is the ‘pursuit’ of knowledge rather than that ‘ascertained’...
Still a planet in Illinois
State senators uphold the honour of Pluto-discovering Illinoisian...
Hail the academic intellectuals!
Is Leonard Susskind one of a dying breed?
Father figure
Leonard Susskind is a theoretical physicist who learns from and looks like Charles Darwin...
Einstein and Old Harry
Comic genius on the BBC?
Chasing the Green Comet
If you are blessed with clear skies tonight you might want to look to the heavens...
UK media meet astronomy
The International Year of Astronomy kicks off its UK celebrations with a shindig at zero longitude...
White Paper for little green men
NASA scientists help draw up strategy to aid the search for Earth-like planets
Fight the 'galaxy wars'…
...and lend astronomy a helping hand.
Interview with Federico Capasso
Co-inventor of the quantum cascade laser talks about the challenges of commercialization...
