We watched the last episode of Wonders of the Solar System last night - about the possibilities of alien life. I think I maybe noticed the simplifications in this one more, as it's closer to my field. Although it's also possible that I know just enough to miss the point ;) I think my two main quibbles were about the assumption that water is ( Read more... )

It's the return of TV night - after only a week off, I guess, but it feels like longer coz we've been away. Started off with the fourth episode of Wonders of the Solar System, called Dead or Alive. Mostly this one was about volcanoes, with a side-trip into asteroids and how their orbits are affected by Jupiter's gravity. Which makes it sound a ( Read more... )

We started off TV night a bit late, having spent a while working out which RB3 songs we wanted to download out of the last few weeks' DLC, so only got 2 programmes in. First up was the third episode of Wonders of the Solar System - talking about atmospheres. Obviously started off with the Earth's atmosphere - and Cox got to go up in a Lightning ( Read more... )

It's a shame TV night takes too long to write up if we're going out on a Thursday, coz I forget things by Saturday ( Read more... )

Started off TV night with the first episode of Wonders of the Solar System - all about the sun. I'd stumbled across this by accident when I was setting something else to record, pleased I did and pleased that for once I found an interesting series at the first episode, not the second as I often do :) The series is presented by Brian Cox who, ( Read more... )