Science in the North-East this week is headed up on Thursday by the Institute of Physics North East Branch’s annual Gareth Roberts Memorial Lecture, held at Newcastle University in memory of the branch’s former Secretary. This year’s talk is by Dr. Marialuisa Aliotta from Edinburgh University, whose talk “A journey through stellar lives” will ask … Read more
Update: 12 January 2014 – I did it! I did it! I completed my charity run in Edinburgh yesterday. It was really cold and breezy on Arthur’s Seat, but I kept going, and even better, managed to to a bit of a sprint finish! I had aimed to finish the race in 30 minutes, but … Read more
Every year, Richard does at least one Charity 5k Run. In 2015, as 2014, this was the Great Winter Run, around Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, on SATURDAY 10 JANUARY 2015. This year, he ran and collected money for the Prince of Wales’ Hospice in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. One of our team members’ grandparents was looked after by the … Read more
This week brings us Stargazing Live on BBC TV. In three episodes, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Dara O’Briain and Brian Cox discuss the northern lights, being an astronaut, and looking for undiscovered galaxies. All of the TV episodes start at 9pm on BBC2. Unfortunately, this year, the BBC haven’t chosen to … Read more