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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Astronomy: ALMA Observatory on Strike

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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is the largest astronomical project in existence with collaborations from across...
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Book Review: Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson

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Toll the Hounds is the 8th book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. In this book, we return to the city of Darujhistan, which we ...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Astronomy: Protostars and Planets VI

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Two weeks ago, I attended Protostars and Planets VI , an astronomy conference held in Heidelberg, Germany. It was a large meeting and also m...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Book Review: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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The Shadow of the Wind (La Sombra del Viento) is a novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and forms part of a series called The Cemetery of Forgotten...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Astronomy: Las Campanas, Round Two

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Las Campanas Observatory This past weekend, I took another short trip to Las Campanas Observatory for a brief observing run. Given that...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Book Review: The City & The City by China Mieville

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The City & The City is a detective novel by China Mieville. I'm a fan of Mieville for his intricate language, the worlds he creat...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Astronomy: New Potentially Habitable Planets

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Artistic depiction of the view from Gliese 667Cd. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser The recent news is that 2 more planets in the Habitable Zo...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Astronomy: A Video of the Local Universe

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Cosmic flow near the Local Group of galaxies. Credit: Courtois et al 2013 ;  Cosmic Flows conference . You don't need to be an extr...