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Pi appears in crop circle, Mr Science appears in cliff face
If we are to believe the latest signs from outer space, the local aliens are keen mathematicians.A new crop circle appeared on the 1st of June this year in a barley field near Barbury Castle in Wiltshire, England, measuring 150 feet in diameter and correctly representing the first 10 digits of... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Exhibition Design, where art and science meet
Exhibition design is not a career that the mathematically inclined tend to think about, let alone pursue.Barry Phipps is the first interdisciplinary fellow with the Kettle's Yard gallery in Cambridge, funded by the Newton Trust. His remit is to develop projects of an interdisciplinary nature, to... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Economists, oil, cricket and correlation
One of my bug bears, and something that I am increasingly aware of editing a maths magazine, is the bad use of maths to prove a point, particularly regarding cause and effect.Yesterday, I was reading The Independent on Sunday, not a newspaper usually prone to sensationalist journalism and easily... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
The science of Eurovision
It is one of my favourite times of year, and I'm not even European.The Eurovision Song Contest to Australians is a strange mix of bad 80's music, songs about "joy", "love" and "unity" (it's a good drinking game to take a shot every time one of those words are said), amazingly good looking hosts... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Creating your own podcast
Here is something I put together for The Helix about creating podcasts - hopefully it will be of use here too!......Want the world to hear what you have to say? In this world of Web 2.0, one of the best ways for your voice to be heard is with your very own podcast.If you're unfamiliar with... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
More maths in the movies
Maths in the movies is obviously in vogue these days.This video comes from Triple J and is a nice summation of how maths has been used as a tool for plot development over the years.Thanks to Marc Fennell, the host of the show, for the permissions. He's a good bloke! Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Biofuels debate - The UK Report in The Helix
Here is another UK report I wrote for The Helix, Australia's premier science education magazine since 1986.UK Biofuel Debate:The UK has embarked on an audacious new scheme to lessen the country’s fossil-fuel dependency and to minimise climate change. But not everyone is in favour.From April 15,... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Motor Neuron Disease Breakthrough - The UK Report in The Helix
Since living in the UK, I have been reporting in a regular column in The Helix. The Helix is one of CSIRO's magazines and has been Australia's premier science education magazine since 1986.The column deals with the science stories that have been featured in the UK media. I have written about some... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
The Enigma Machine
The Enigma machine was once considered unbreakable, and the cracking of the "unbreakable code" by the allies changed the course of World War 2. This week on the podcast we talk to Nadia Baker from the Enigma Project about the history of codes and code-breaking, why the Enigma machine was... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Maths in the Movies
Much of my recent work has been involved with understanding the maths used in movie production and in how mathematics and mathematicians are portrayed on film.I recently attended the mathematics film festival Film3 â€" maths at the movies at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, and Plus... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
NASA is looking after us
One of the weirdest news releases recently comes from NASA, who are thankfully maintaining that the world is still safe from asteroids for the time being, despite the calculations of a young German student.The Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has not changed... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
Iceland in G Magazine
This travel/science article of mine about Iceland was recently published in G Magazine, the world's only monthly environmental publication.Read the article here.And you can read more on this site on Iceland in this Iceland article and in this Iceland video.Many of my photos of Iceland can be... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
