Season’s greetings

21 December 2012 by Rupert Baker

A very Merry Christmas to all our readers! We hope you’ll be warmer and better-provisioned than the travellers in the…

Happy 50th birthday Ariel 1!

26 April 2012 by Emma Davidson

Pretty much anything to do with space is a cause for excitement around here, so you can imagine how pleased…

11 April 2012 by Rupert Baker

At the risk of becoming typecast as ‘that Royal Society librarian who always blogs about expeditions going horribly wrong’, here’s…

19 January 2011 by Felicity Henderson

If you’re planning a visit to Canberra in the next few weeks, there’s still time to catch an exhibition of…

5 October 2010 by Nichola Court

My recent travels around Africa took me to the bustling town of Livingstone and the mighty Mosi-ai-tunya – perhaps better…