Dreaming of Wernher von Braun
A fictional diary entry to celebrate the 100th Birthday of Wernher von Braun, the father of rocket science, on March 23. Read more [...]
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A beer with Alfred Wegener
Fictional diary entry about meeting German scientist, geophysicist and meteorologist, Alfred Wegener (1880 - 1930). Read more [...]
2012 – The end of the world and scientific misinformation
Each year, predictions of major discoveries, new developments and breathtaking scientific breakthroughs are published in scientific journals across the world. More than in previous years, previews of 2012 are dominated by pseudo-scientific predictions and conspiracy theories about the end of the world. Read more [...]
Political will closes our eyes
A child has fallen down the well, but it is not our well – and not our child. This attitude represents the relationship between the EU and the proposal of a Mediterranean tsunami early warning system following the devastating tragedy in Japan. At Read more [...]
Research with impact? Hopefully not!
On 4th February 2011, an asteroid approached Earth for a fly-by. Asteroid 2011 CQ1 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 4th February and made a record close Earth approach 14 hours later. CQ1 scraped past the Earth less than 5500 km from the Read more [...]
53 years looking down
Fifty three years ago, on 31 January 1958, the first satellite for the observation of Earth was launched. Explorer 1 was the first satellite sent into orbit by the United States of America. In October 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space thus beginning the Cold War space race. Read more [...]
Putting the spark in science communication
Tornillo earthquakes makes volcanoes sexy - at least for volcanologists. Read more [...]
Open Access Week 2010
To discuss open access, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) have organised the Open Access Week in October 2010. Read more [...]
Rare scientific misconducts cost us our reputation
Just a couple of weeks ago Marc Hauser was in the news, again. He is known as one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists and teaches at the Psychology Department at Harvard University. His work focused on primate behaviour and animal cognition. Hauser has been awarded science medals from the US and France and he has published about 200 articles in research journals. However, the latest news coverage is based on accusations against Hauser as the Harvard faculty suspend him while investigations are carried out for "scientific misdemeanour". Read more [...]
How to travel – EuroScientist searches for the top tips for better business travel
Joint research with partners from various countries throughout Europe and beyond is becoming more and more routine. While cooperation is possible by phone, e-mail and online conferences, personal contact, exchange of results or the utilisation of laboratory Read more [...]
Do it Yourself Rocket
Do you want to fly around the Earth in a space orbit? Are you lacking the 20 million Euro the Russian Space agency requires to take you into orbit? Do you have a yard full of metal, plexiglass, cables, and other strange technical objects? Why not built your own rocket capable of carrying a human into space? Read more [...]
Scapegoats for overstrained authorities?
Can scientists be held responsible when they fail to predict a natural disaster? Read more [...]
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