“We are a part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.” Neil DeGrasse Tyson. There aren’t many celebrity astrophysicists these days, but Neil…
Theoretical physics and quantum mechanics are not easy subjects to understand. Very few people will ever be able to gain a sophisticated understanding of these incredibly complicated subjects, let alone communicate them in a way that is accessible, easy to…
Melbourne Museum hit all the right notes with its special event, Illumination. It was an afterhours glimpse into the workings of the biomedical world of the human body. Part wine and music, part exhibition and talk, it took attendees on a journey that…
Given the opportunity, would you strap yourself inside a steel can attached to humankind’s most powerful rockets, hurtle through the cosmic abyss for seven months towards a cold, desolate rock floating an average 225 million km away, then never return?…
Neil deGrasse Tyson is something of a pop culture phenomenon. His official titles (according to Wikipedia) are ‘astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator’. And he’s also one of the guys that made Pluto stop being a planet. (Not really, but…
Some say August is a dead month, a prelude, or a holding place to its more illustrious cousins in the warmer periods. Balls we say to this, balls! There are some epic happenings on during the month and as always…