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The success of a species can be determined by its adaptability, and with a background in science – though in physics rather than biology – magician Kevin Quantum

Sat at his desk topped by an embroidered cloth, around him the tools of his trade, a telescope atop a tripod, sketches and diagrams of the phases of

The Edinburgh Science Festival last night welcomed the Astronomer Royal, the cosmologist and astrophysicist Lord Martin Rees, to the auditorium of the National Museum of Scotland for a

The original remit of Doctor Who when it was conceived and developed in the early sixties to have been to present stories both entertaining and educational, the twin

Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and remains supposedly available to all were it not for the bright lights of the cities which shutter the iris to

Carl Sagan once said that we are a way for the universe to know itself; the tool by which we undertake this mammoth task is called science, a

Perhaps the greatest trick achieved by scientist turned magician Kevin Quantum is his ability to be in two places at once; well, perhaps not literally, but while most

The scientific process is built upon a series of premises, that of reproducibility of experimental results, of peer review, of publication of data, including those which do not

Appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in support of their book Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies, based on the podcast of the same name, on

At the apex of the food chain, the dominant life form on Earth, it is not the specific ability of the human form which has granted this position,