Dec 24, 2015
2015 was a magnificent year for physics. Not only was it the International Year of Light and light-based technologies, it was an outstanding year of astronomical achievement, culminating with the magnificent New Horizons photos of Pluto. It was also 100 years since the Theory of General Relativity was published, and 50...
Sep 21, 2015
From a recent chat with ABC Central West, this week we talk:
Aug 11, 2015
Every month I chat with ABC Central West and the science topics of the day, and this week we chatted food, in particular:
Jun 29, 2015
Do you remember Cold Fusion? Remember when electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion in a bottle on a table in their lab in Utah? That was so 80s! Cold Fusion was quickly debunked and, apart from its appearance in a 1997 Val Kilmer Movie (The Saint), most people forgot...
Jan 6, 2015
This Christmas break, I have been mucking around with science
experiments for my kids. Here is the first of a few easy
experiments you can try at home.
The following video shows you how to make a home-made lava lamp. It
is very simple - grab a cup (or bottle or vase or flask), fill it
about a third full of water and...