What is a manned space programme actually for?
Category: ranting
I bet more people currently know the name of a valiant little Mars rover than know the names of the current astronauts on the ISS.
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Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork. Having drilled up New Zealand during his PhD, and South Africa in his first post-doc, he now works at the University of Edinburgh.
Anne Jefferson has a love of all things water-related and blends hydrology, geomorphology, geology, and climate change in her work. She has a Ph.D. from Oregon State University and is now an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Category: ranting
I bet more people currently know the name of a valiant little Mars rover than know the names of the current astronauts on the ISS.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 7:40 PM • 29 Comments •
Category: geology
What's available, what should be available, what tools do we need to use them?
Posted by Chris Rowan at 5:00 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: general science
I'd prefer churnalism to gratuitous insertion of wrong.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 5:50 AM • 24 Comments •
Category: by Anne
Here in the US, we're celebrating Earth Science Week and the lead-up to the Geological Society of America meeting. What better time to inspire the next generation of earth scientists and earth science aficionados by helping make sure that good,...
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 7:01 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: bloggery
Effective learning through the medium of Johnny Cash?
Posted by Chris Rowan at 5:30 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: public science
It's about more than passing tests - if we do it right.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 12:21 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: ranting
breathless reporting from the AAAS conference is starting to annoy me.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 11:48 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: general science
General reading for a science degree? My suggestions.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 4:22 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: general science
A geological perspective was necessary to see the true power of natural selection.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 12:05 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: bloggery
Since I've yet to develop the sort of mind that can blog the last sentence whilst listening to the next one, I've mainly kept the laptop closed and just listened and/or pontificated in most of today's sessions. But I thought...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 8:10 AM • 1 Comments •
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