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The music industry has gone through significant changes in the last century, with the death (and re-birth) of vinyl, the rise and fall of CDs, the advent of digital downloads and streaming, and finally arriving at the present day, with TikTok and AI-generated music. With all this in mind, is it even possible to answer…
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Are you considering emigrating to Poland for work or study, or already preparing for your move? Are you curious about what it’s like to move to a foreign country? In this post I’ll share some of the things I wish I knew before moving to Poland, and some other useful advice I’ve acquired during my…
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The International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) is a unique 3-week experience for young people aged 16-24 with an interest in astronomy. The IAYC started in West Germany in 1969, and has continued ever since, being held in a number of locations throughout Europe and northern Africa. The camp has always been very international, but the
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As an astronomer who enjoys coding, I had a go at using Apple Shortcuts to make my phone automatically check the weather one hour before sunset and notify me if the sky is forecast to be clear that night. Here’s how I did it. Create a personalised automation Open the Shortcuts app, and tap the
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I use Python as part of my PhD work almost every day. On most of those days, I use plotting functions to visualise my data and results – either as a “quick and dirty” check that my code is behaving as I expect, or to create publication-standard figures.
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It’s not just classical and jazz… I’m a clarinettist, so naturally I think that the clarinet is the best, most versatile and underrated instrument. Not only did celebrated classical composers like Mozart write beautiful music featuring the clarinet (e.g. Clarinet Concerto in A, 1. Allegro), but the clarinet shines in a completely new way in
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I’ve been dabbling in astrophotography for the last 4 years, so whenever I manage to escape my light-polluted region I try to make the most of the dark skies. It can be a real hassle to take a telescope – especially when travelling – so most of the time I just take my camera and
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The Moon is great. It gives the Earth tides. It’s a great astrophotography target. It was the setting of the first ever science-fiction film. However, it’s also been the subject of a lot of misunderstanding. Exciting-sounding jargon is thrown about in the news with either incorrect, or no, definitions. Whenever any minor astronomical event occurs, widespread media panic ensues. Recently,
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A few weeks ago, I attended the Conference for Astronomy and Physics Students 2016 (CAPS), which was hosted by students at the University of Glasgow. It was not my first undergraduate conference, but it was most certainly the most enjoyable one I’ve been to! I thought I’d share my experience for two reasons: one, to let other students
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When I first started university in 2014, I noticed that, although there were over 250 societies and sports clubs that I could join, there was no astronomy society. While this was a huge disappointment to someone who loves astronomy, I didn’t believe I had the knowledge, expertise or confidence to start one at the time. Therefore, I got involved in
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