The Search For Supernovae

Galaxy Zoo is asking for your help in finding supernovae. If you’d like to take part in The Hunt For Supernovae, please click here to register.

Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Make Another Discovery

A while ago I wrote a post about the work that Galaxy Zoo volunteers are doing to help scientists classify galaxies. Since it’s launch  in 2007, over 230,000 volunteers from all over the world have helped classify one million images of galaxies taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In February 2009, Galaxy Zoo 2 was [...]

S.O.S. – Save Our Sharks

I have always had a deep love for the ocean, but there was a time when I was very afraid to go further than ankle depth into the sea whenever I was on a beach. My fear came from two things; the first was when I almost drowned while playing and swimming close to the [...]

Gross Stupidity

If you want to see what stupid looks like, take a good look at the photograph of Swazi MP Timothy Myeni. During a speech at a leadership workshop for MPs, Timothy Myeni said that Swaziland needed a mandatory law for HIV testing and that should anyone test positive he or she should be branded on [...]

2012 – The End Of The World.

I’m going to be doing a series of posts on various end of the world predictions; many of which claim that the world will end in 2012. So, seeing as 2012 is not that far off, I thought that it would be a great topic to look into and to try and explain some of the [...]

Galaxy Zoo 2 Challenge

As part of the International Year of Astronomy, Galaxy Zoo 2  is celebrating 100 Hours of Astronomy this weekend by challenging people to make 1 million clicks in 100 hours. You don’t have to be a regular user at Galaxy Zoo, you can still register and join in this exciting project to help classify galaxies.
Galaxy [...]

I wonder where my Owls have gone to?

It was the sudden increase in the number of mice visiting my house that made me realise that I hadn’t seen our owls this summer. There are two Spotted Eagle Owls , nicknamed Archimedes and Aristotle, who usually  hunt for mice, frogs and large insects in our garden, but this year I haven’t seen them at all, nor – come to think [...]

Defying Logic

Dr. Anthony Turton was prevented from presenting a keynote address on the quality and delivery challenges of water in the Southern African region at a conference in Pretoria last week. Not only was Dr. Turton prevented from delivering his report, he was also suspended from the CSIR  for…. 
“certain statements – which could not be sufficiently substantiated”.
Dr.Turton’s report [...]

Charlie’s Playhouse

PZ Myers mentioned Charlie’s Playhouse on Pharyngula a couple of weeks ago and I went to their website to check them out – I’m always on the lookout for educational games and toys for the latest addition to our family. Anyhow, I received an email from Charlie’s Playhouse yesterday to let me know that they’re [...]