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Young science communicators wanted in Bern, Switzerland, expenses paid

Big History UK Posted on May 16, 2014 by WykenSeagraveMay 16, 2014

PAGES (Past Global Changes) is a project at the University of Bern, Switzerland, which supports research aimed at understanding the Earth’s past environment in order to make predictions for the future. We encourage international and interdisciplinary collaborations and seek to … Continue reading →

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Participate in the world’s largest climate forecasting experiment for the 21st century

Big History UK Posted on March 15, 2014 by WykenSeagraveMarch 15, 2014

Use your computer to contribute to the academic, nonprofit research being performed by climateprediction.net. Their computer models simulate the climate for the next century, producing predictions of temperature, rainfall and the probability of extreme weather events. The more models that … Continue reading →

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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey TV Series Begins 16 March on National Geographic Channel UK

Big History UK Posted on March 9, 2014 by WykenSeagraveMarch 9, 2014

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey will invent new modes of scientific storytelling to reveal the grandeur of the universe and re-invent celebrated elements of the original series, including the Cosmic Calendar and the Ship of the Imagination. Uniting scepticism and wonder, … Continue reading →

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90 Minute Review in Cambridge Tells History of the Universe

Big History UK Posted on March 9, 2014 by WykenSeagraveMarch 9, 2014

The 2014 Footlights Spring Revue at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge, England, is a chronological odyssey through the history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the invention of the iPhone and everything in between. This whistle-stop tour runs through … Continue reading →

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4.4 Billion-year-old Zircon Implies Early Earth Was Colder Than Thought

Big History UK Posted on March 6, 2014 by WykenSeagraveMarch 6, 2014

Professor of geoscience, John Valley of the University of Wisconsin, and others, have used atom-probe tomography for the first time to determine the age of a zircon crystal from the Jack Hills region of Western Australia, dating it to 4.4 … Continue reading →

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Big History on DVD and Blu-Ray

Big History UK Posted on February 9, 2014 by WykenSeagraveFebruary 9, 2014

A DVD and Blu-Ray version of the History Channel documentary series, Big History, will be available from 11 March 2014. At the time of writing, they are available from the USA Amazon store. Big History UK has not seen these, … Continue reading →

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David Christian agrees to become Honorary President

Big History UK Posted on February 9, 2014 by WykenSeagraveFebruary 9, 2014

The Big History UK group are proud to announce that Australian historian David Christian has agreed to be their Honorary President. “Big History” is the interdisciplinary study of the history of the universe, the Earth and mankind from the beginning … Continue reading →

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Planning Teleconference 3 March 2014

Big History UK Posted on February 9, 2014 by WykenSeagraveFebruary 9, 2014

Big History UK wants to develop resources which can be used as a short introduction to Big History within clubs and societies, such as University of the Third Age, Scouts groups, literary societies, nature conservation groups, ecological groups, religious groups … Continue reading →

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Earth’s Oceans will Evaporate in 1 Billion Years

Big History UK Posted on January 25, 2014 by WykenSeagraveJanuary 25, 2014

“The sun, like all main sequence stars, is getting brighter with time and that affects the Earth’s climate,” says Dr. James F. Kasting, professor of meteorology and geosciences at Penn State University. “Eventually temperatures will become high enough so that … Continue reading →

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How a changing landscape and climate shaped early humans

Big History UK Posted on November 19, 2013 by WykenSeagraveNovember 19, 2013

This article in the on-line magazine The Conversation explains how, beginning with the collision of India with Asia 20 mya, followed by the opening of the Great Rift Valley, the climate and landscape of East Africa changed from flat wet … Continue reading →

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