Chris has been away again (to some other country this time) and Rob has sex on the brain (and on his blog). Why is it freaking cold and what does this mean for the Higgs Boson?
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Chris returns from Davos with the future all planned out and pigeons (and zombies) in eyepatches on his mind. Aliens, Robs historical sandwich, Star Trek and bouncing exoplanets all feature.
We discuss the recent solar storm and associated aurora. Chris has tips for how to get drunk in Norway. We wonder just who Norman Pogson was and if spacecraft should be renamed quite so easily.
Rob has been to the Royal Society to meet real life journalists, while Chris has been on the telly (again) for BBC Stargazing Live. Planet Hunters had a really big week and the Fermi paradox is back on our minds.
Chris is in Texas for AAS, whilst Rob (and Milton) stay home in Oxford. Janskys, the Zooniverse and the Journal of Urology all feature in an episode that includes a performance of the shortest physics paper ever and a big fat cluster.
More bad acronyms from Chris, as well as a tale of woe that is Richard Hammond's fault. Rob is worried about spying in space and has been watching the Quadrantids.
We talk about planet-spotting (with both your eyes and Keplers), theres a gas cloud thats DOOMED! dAn can Tweets predict citations? Ching-ching-ching its a festive episode (only in that Rob says ching-ching-ching a lot).
Higgs Boson alert! We record shortly after listening to the Higgsish announcement and end up arguing about science-vs-the-media. We also discuss tests of GR using the SKA, and the Fermi paradox.
The Higgs rumours are flying, SCUBA-2 is finally going online and Kepler-22b is another 'Earth-like' planet. That and we talk about drink a lot for some reason.
Rob is talking (to) whales and Chris wants a ship in a bottle. We talk about the nature of ideas and also death. B2FH is back on Robs mind and Chris hates forced acronyms.