Starting tonight, Monday May 23rd, 7.30pm, is a series of 6 talks hosted on the Orkney International Science Festival YouTube channel which will look at how rural and island areas can stem the tide of centralisation.
“Alan had an extraordinary intuitive grasp of spatial relationships, and could just look at a plan of an ancient site, or the relative placing of two or more on the globe, and tell what the significance was.”
“Her interest in geology is mentioned in her literary works – indeed in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall she references the science and a book by Sir Humphry Davy directly.” Sally Jaspars, University of Aberdeen
“The type of parasites we find are compatible with previous evidence for winter feasting on animals during the building of Stonehenge.” Dr Piers Mitchell, Cambridge’s Department of Archaeology.
Artistic impression of the Chengjian Biota
Based in Rosyth, Fife, the £4.6 million facility, FastBlade, was officially opened on Friday, 13 May 2022.
On 15th of May 1957 Great Britain tested its first hydrogen bomb near Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean
Ed Buckley with Scorpius mural, ASTRA rooms, Hamilton. 1971, photo by David Adams
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world. Now, scientists are finding the volcano’s effects also […]
This flare is classified as an X-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.
