I had great fun writing this about David Attenborough's childhood fossil collecting. I went to Leicester for the day, tracing his route from his former home (on the university campus) to the fossil sites like Tilton-on-the-Hill which he visited as boy #earthscience www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Fossils fascinated Sir David Attenborough throughout his childhood. The BBC retraces the steps of Sir David's formative experiences roaming the British countryside.
‘The whole is not just more than the sum of the parts: it is also different.’ This Essay takes you on a deep dive into the most elementary parts of our Universe to question whether it is really made from its smallest constituents
I stayed here recently www.bbc.com/future/artic...
"From the planet’s perspective, we’re actually quite a shallow species. Our future scraping by up here on the surface depends on coming to terms with that." A cracking new @aeon.co essay from @jamesdinneen.bsky.social about the deep Earth aeon.co/essays/how-d...
The strange rocks of the Anthropocene, which blur the boundary between natural and unnatural #geosciences #earthscientists 🧪 aeon.co/essays/the-s...
Why reality is more than the sum of its particles - by quantum matter physicist Felix Flicker for @aeon.co aeon.co/essays/why-r... ⚛️
Particles are nature’s smallest constituents, but that doesn’t mean they’re fundamental. So what is the Universe made of?
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You should read this cool piece by my friend @richardfisher.bsky.social about David Attenborough's childhood obsession with fossils!
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Fossils fascinated Sir David Attenborough throughout his childhood. The BBC retraces the steps of Sir David's formative experiences roaming the British countryside.
“What's at stake is our understanding of the Universe itself.” @richardfisher.bsky.social is as excellent as ever - on the encroachment of artificial light into the home of star-gazing: www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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Really interesting article by @richardfisher.bsky.social
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Humanity’s artificial glow is swallowing the night sky. Even astronomers in this remote observatory in the South American desert cannot escape it.
