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What’s a completely modern, contemporary, theme in history? Try to think of a suitable answer: Politics? No. The Greeks. Technology? Well, some say that papyrus was a technology. Gender? Joan of Arc and Elizabeth 1 set those contemporary…

This week, Twitter watched as Conor McGregor became the UFC featherweight champion, went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and applauded as Turing Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli got arrested for fraud. We also saw Tim Peake fly off to…

The announcement this week of finding running water on the Martian surface was big news, your Facebook and Twitter feeds were filled with the revelation and people rushed to find the closet Airbnb next to the picturesque rivers of the Red…

Total Lunar Eclipse On September 28th you better make sure you set your alarms earlier than usual. One of the most spectacular natural sights, a total lunar eclipse, will be visible to all of you in Ireland in the early hours of Monday the…

Hi all! This is my final update for Headstuff on all things Space for now. And also the end of the summer for us all.  In my last post, I was in the middle of my final week on the Space Studies programme in Athens Ohio. And I have to…

Hi all, And greetings for the last time from sunny Athens, Ohio. This is my last blogpost from here as we have arrived at our final week on the Space Studies Programme.  This time next week I shall be in Edinburgh at Summerhall Theatre…

Hi all, The SSP experience continues here at Ohio, as indeed do the storms, and flood warnings and thunder & lightning.  In the last few weeks, since we finished up lectures, we’ve been focussing on the tasks required as part of our…

Hi all, Life continues here at Ohio, as indeed does the hectic pace that I’m becoming accustomed to. Getting tired now. And emotional. Life is changing for me. I can feel it; one day I’m overwhelmed and frozen in terror and the next day…

Sunday June 21, 15 Hello again from Ohio, Weather this week has been CRAZY- thunder storms, power shortages. It's getting quite humid here this time of year, but from speaking to the locals, it seems that this isn’t your average Ohio…

Sunday, June 14, 15 Hi all, Greetings from the stunning campus of Ohio University, Athens Ohio. I’m here because this is the host site for the International Space University’s annual Space Studies Programme, a 9 week intensive…