What are weather balloons?

One summer’s evening in the days before internet weather forecasting, I was deeply involved in the after-race ‘do’ following a Solent Old Gaffers event. In the 1970s these regattas drew entrants large

VILNIUS is just as beautiful from the sky as it is with your feet on the ground. I started my weekend in Lithuania’s capital city with an open-air walk around the edge of the tallest structure in the

What the scientists are saying… The oldest ...

Icy blasts from the north have inspired French artists, writers and scientists

Isn’t it amazing that astronomy – humanity’s oldest science – continues to generate such a delightful amount of new knowledge? Seeing as we’ve been studying the motion of the stars for a good long whi

It’s remarkable how fast the helmet flies. Fired from a drop rig, it travels at over 20kph and before I’ve had the chance to register what’s happening, it ricochets off an angled surface and disappear