Video: ISS astronauts forced to evade debris cloud
My video report for Deutsche Welle (DW) on debris from a Russian anti-satellite missile test forcing the ISS’ astronauts to temporarily shelter in their spaceship capsules. Link to DW website: https://p.dw.com/p/433Rg
TV appearance on DW News: Talk on the Dead Sea Scrolls
My TV appearance on Deutsche Welle (DW) in March 2021 to discuss an archaeological discovery revealing new Dead Sea Scrolls fragments.
TV appearance on DW News: Talk about ESA’s astronaut diversity drive
My TV appearance on Deutsche Welle (DW) in February 2021 to discuss the European Space Agency’s (ESA) astronaut diversity drive.
TV appearance on DW News: Talk on Israel’s COVID-19 pass
My TV appearance on Deutsche Welle (DW) in February 2021 to discuss Israel’s COVID-19 green pass.
Video: Indian Ocean exploration mission makes historic broadcast
A video I made for Deutsche Welle about explorers broadcasting live video using wireless technology from below the surface of the Indian Ocean.
Webvideo: Oceans set to change color from climate change
A webvideo I produced for Deutsche Welle’s environment section. Photo credit: NASA
When shoddy science slips through the net – and into peer-reviewed journals
Anyone who believes that peer-reviewed journals only ever publish rigorously-analysed research with sound, objective results would surely have been disabused of that notion by now following a recent sting exposing the flaws in the academic publishing system. Harvard biologist Dr John Bohannon and Science carried out…
Stellar images vie for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 prize
Photo: Comet Panstarrs by Ingolfur Bjargmundsson A crop of stunning stellar images vying for the 2013 Astronomy Photographer of Year title have been unveiled today – and I’d have a hard time picking the winner. The Royal Observatory Greenwich announced the shortlist of 15 images,…
Quantum biology – the ‘weird physics’ within?
Could quantum mechanics, the branch of physics which covers phenomenon like being in two places at once, be more commonplace than we think – even playing a pivotal role in nature? That’s the thinking behind quantum biology, which is being described as a “tentative, even…
Could an ‘exercise Oyster card’ boost fitness?
Exercise points meant prizes for half the workers taking part in the study If your employer offered you financial rewards for hitting the gym or walking to work, would you do more exercise? This is the question researchers were trying to answer when they carried…