Why Society Needs Astronomy and Cosmology 'One day, Sir, you may tax it': Faraday's prescient quip...
Scientists Must Protect and Promote Human Rights: It is Principled and in their Interest National science academy members worldwide, concerned about dozens of unjustly...
Darwin, Evolution and God: The Present Debates This lecture sets the scientific and religious context for Darwin’s...
The Universities - Over regulation A century ago, British universities started to receive government funds. ...
A Cosmic Perspective: Four Centuries of Expanding Horizons The 'curious and ingenious' men who met at Gresham College...
Comets - Visitors from the frozen edge of the Solar System Millions of dirty icebergs orbit around the Sun in a...
The Origin of the Constellations Who invented the constellations? The constellations that we use to...