May 2024
DNA across the universe - the new Noah’s Ark?
... Netflix series and the short story, The Wandering Earth, which became a box-office-record-breaking film in 2019. Li Bing giving a 5ml blood sample for DNA for the first launch of the project. The...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... Medium, and All Free Sewing. She has also translated two Greek novels, and indexed four film books. She holds an MA in Library and Information Science, and a BA in English: Language and Writing, both from Valdosta...
October 2024
The Human Spaceship - Off Balance
... were led into their professions by the cultural experiences (often science fiction) of their youth, including literature, films, television, music and the visual arts. Midnight on the Moon Dress - Investigations in Boulby Mine muted light...
April 2025
Catapult to orbit - will David finally defeat Goliath?
... velocity, the potential to transform the economics of space travel remains. About the author Steven Cutts is a doctor, film producer and science writer based in Norwich. He studied physics at Imperial College and medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital...
30 June 2015
Debating Asteroid Day: NEOs, Dr. Brian May, the Catalina Sky Survey and more
... come to mind, all courtesy of Michael Bay’s “Armageddon” (check out this great Honest Trailer for the film while you’re at it). The general perception was that the asteroid threat was an appropriate topic for summer...
30 July 2015
SpaceShipTwo crash: dramatic testimony by Peter Siebold could offer new clues for space tourism safety
... about his dramatic plummet to Earth reads like something straight out of a more-horrifying-than-usual action film. The fact that Siebold made it was deemed to be nothing short of a miracle. Indeed, crashes are often full...
