Science = ACE!! October 18, 2010
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Professor Brian Cox (the one of the telly) gives 10 reasons why being a “boffin is not boring” in this article on the BBC Swtich’s Slink blog.
At the bottom of the article is a Facebook page where you can sign up for a competition for Brian Cox to do a talk at de Ferrers (or your own school for all the readers not from de Ferrers)
For those of you that missed his awesome TV series “Wonders of the Solar System” here is the BBC minisite - with video clips and links to iPlayer.
Mr G
Hawking and Archbishop “could both be right” on God… September 3, 2010
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Heard a snippit on an advert for channel 4 news yesterday about Hawking and the universe, so i had to look it up…. heres the link…..check it out 
Alienferret
Happy Birthday Hubble!!! April 23, 2010
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The Hubble Space Telescope is 20 years old today. I remember (a lad of 15 at the time) being astounded by some of the first pictures released. 20 years later I am still amazed at how beautiful Physics can be.
There is a lot more info and more pictures on the HubbleSite.
For more information about Edwin Hubble, the Astronomer who showed the Universe is expanding which lead to our understanding of the origins of the Universe and for whom the telescope is named – see this Wikipedia entry.
Mr G
