Far Far Away
It is without a doubt my favorite astrological pieces of news when we manage to see further into the universe than ever before. It’s just exciting and undeniably difficult to […]
It’s getting hot in here
I have been doing a lot of reading around global warming – partly from an academic perspective and in part for general interest. It really is a hot topic (pun […]
I’d rather be late to the party, than not arrive at all
Happy Sunday my friends. Over the last week the science community has been buzzing. In many many ways this is great… I love it when the front page of newspapers are […]
When a great man speaks
This post is to serve as a recommendation to anyone who might not have yet caught the Reith Lectures for 2016 – because they are well worth it. I was […]
The Little Book of String Theory
This post is essentially a quick recommendation for a book. For some reason (I am not sure if error or intentional) the book seems to have been made available online […]
In the news this week
This isn’t going to become a regular feature of the page, because I don’t personally think it is often interesting. Sometimes it is – but generally science news can often […]
Warmth in the darkest of places
Black holes have been a source of fascination for physicists and science generalists for years. There is no way to actually observe what happens in a black hole, due to […]
Happy new year to all
First and foremost let me say a very big thank you to everyone who has viewed, commented, liked or interacted in anyway with Rationalising the Universe over the last few […]
The limitations of life
Of great fascination to me is speed – a simple but often overlooked little quality representing the rate of change of position over time. One of the really exciting things […]
The beauty of being the same
As is the case with many of the important things in the universe, they pass by without due consideration. Today we muse over a funny old thing – symmetry. The […]
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