Brian Schmidt, the Australian National University astrophysicist who became a brilliant new star overnight when named a joint Nobel Prize science winner should also get an award for putting pressure on lazy science reporting.
Space age
A diamond planet!!! Yep, it has been a big week in space
From the edges of a vast crater on Mars to a distant planet that has to be one great big diamond, it has been a remarkable week in space for the denizens of planet earth.
Sandilands: vale Atlantis, all hail Atlantis
A space shuttle called Atlantis (what was NASA thinking?) is docked like a fat dart in the side of the gigantic tubes and panels of the international space station.
Black holeday: look out, we’re all going to die. Maybe.
The world might be about to end, all in the name of science, writes Ben Sandlilands.
Remembering the Space Age: Arthur C Clarke dead at 90
Bugger. The Space Age ended today, writes recovering science fiction nerd Stilgherrian.
