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Yes, as unlikely as it sounds, I was a guest on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. They wanted to spoof science documentaries and asked me if I would take part. I was to answer questions from Diane Morgan's brilliant character Philomena Cunk, as she grappled with the mystery of 'What is Time?'
The whole episode will be in iPlayer in the Uk for a week. You can watch that here.
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I have a short news story in New Scientist this week:
"EVEN the sun needs a break. A slowdown in solar activity has given us the first real clue about a period of dramatic solar behaviour 350 years ago.
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I have a new article in the Shortcuts section of The Guardian's G2 magazine. It is also reproduced online.
"With China sending the Jade Rabbit rover and Google egging on private companies to make their own landings, the race for lunar ownership is hotting up. But has a group of artists got there first?
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I'm pleased to say have the cover story on New Scientist's first issue of the year. For a long time, I have tried to understand the nature of the spacetime continuum. It exists as a mathematical concept but turning that into a physical reality is much more difficult. New Scientist allowed me to explore the topic for this article and what I discovered was that no one knows what the true nature of the spacetime continuum. If we find that out, we may just be able to take our next big leap beyond Einstein. Here's a tease of the article:
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I have a new article on Across the Universe, for The Guardian:
"Nasa says the Geminids will be the most intense meteor shower of the year – and almost everyone can see it
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I have a new feature published this week in New Scientist:
"The Gaia space telescope is preparing to launch, promising a celestial self-portrait of a billion stars that will revolutionise astronomy
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I have a new story published by The Guardian today:
"Solar visit threatened to vaporise the comet but the remnant may be visible from Earth in December
Comet Ison appears to have survived a close encounter with the sun that had threatened to vaporise it. The remnant could now go on to be visible from Earth in December, but astronomers do not know how bright it might become.
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I have a new article for Across the Universe, published by The Guardian:
"Some advice on how to see the comet if it survives its fiery encounter with the sun on Thursday. Even it breaks apart it should provide a spectacular, but brief show
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I have a new article published by The Guardian:
"The best time to see Ison in the UK will be the first two weeks of December – if it survives a close encounter with the sun.
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I am extremely pleased to announce that a new popular science magazine has started in the UK and that I've been working with them for several months because they kindly asked me to write their very first cover story. Science Uncovered is a monthly magazine from Future Publishing.