Meeting up for a chat

Now, in the last post I mentioned our group’s weekly meeting. You missed it! It’s in the second paragraph, after all the stuff about poppy seeds and leopard spots. Anyway, I am happy to report that CRG is still going strong. What is CRG? It is the acronym for Cosmochemistry Research Group. When I started…

A picture is worth a thousand words

This summer I went on holiday to Chamonix in France. It’s a wonderful place, with spectacular views of the Mont Blanc and surrounding peaks. It was not my first visit. I came here first in 1986 and have been back many times since. A highlight of any visit to Chamonix is to take the funicular…

Meteorites: The Artificial Perspective

Last year my book: A Meteorite Killed My Cow came out. It was an attempt to make meteorite science a bit more accessible to a general audience. Obviously one likes to see how things are going, so I did a Google Search on “meteorite books”. No sign of it, not a sniff! So, I thought…

Mushrooms from space?

Over the last couple of weeks I have been catching up with the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm. I am a bit of a fan. Lots of wonderful views of the Cotswolds’ countryside. Some very funny incidents out on the farm and some sad bits too. The episode about the pigs was particularly, well, harrowing!…