The Astroholic Live
Once again, we took The Astroholic LIVE out of London! This time we were lucky enough to go to Cambridge and have our mix of science, comedy, and cocktails as part of the Cambridge Science Festival! So join Dr. Alfredo Carpineti, Luís Costa da Silva, special guests neuroscientists Dr. Rebecca Law...
Earth
“Everyone always wants to turn the earth in a black hole! Instead, COULD YOU turn it into a neutron star?”
The Astroholic Live
And we are back with a new episode of The Astroholic LIVE! As our guest this time we have the wonderful Dr Mateo Prochazka, a medical researcher on infectious diseases. With him, we discussed the anti-vax movement, HIV prevention and the use of PrEP, and what strategies we can employ to challenge...
The Astroholic Live
For one reason or another, our Christmas special always ends up being about sex! So we have embraced this unorthodox tradition and got an actual expert, the wonderful Luke Douglas, to talk about tech and good practice when it comes to sex toys.
The Astroholic Live
This episode of The Astroholic LIVE features the absolutely incredible Meera Patel, a mathematician and professional dancer, who tells us about the connection between the two disciplines.
AstroNews
The latest episode of The Astroholic LIVE was able to accidentally capture (or presciently if you want to give me more credit) the zeitgeist of this week’s discussion about moons. We talked about the possible names for a ‘moon orbiting another moon’ and a new paper has now come out and discussed ...
The Astroholic Live
The Astroholic LIVE is back to its usual streaming self, after the success of our first foray in doing a recording with a live audience at Greenman Festival. Check the full episode below!
The Astroholic Live
The Astroholic Live goes properly “LIVE” with our first event in front of an audience at Green Man Festival! From the heart of Wales, we bring you the charismatic Cerys Bradley and the amazing Anna Ploszajski chatting with Matt and Alfredo about aliens and living in space! As always, it is all ac...
AstroNews
Finding out if there is life in the Universe is far from easy and even the preliminary steps are full of uncertainties. Planetary scientists don’t completely agree on what ingredients make a planet habitable, so astronomers often focus on simple characteristics such as being at the right distance...
Eclipse
I know why the moon goes red during a total eclipse. But why does it not go red until near totality? Phil, London This is actually a very interesting question, with an (unfortunately) unsatisfying answer. But let’s take a step back and clarify why the Moon goes red during an eclipse, for people w...
How About That?
In a previous post, I discussed how long the Earth would be able to survive without the Sun. We had to assume that our star would magically disappear into nothingness. My friend Gavin asked online: “Can we have a follow-up on no Sun and the effect on orbits?”
In just one minute, thanks to one of the best pop songs of all time, you can learn some amazing facts about Pluto and its moon Charon!