Ginuary

Summary: Chris and Rob talk about the year ahead, jokes, and messages in bottles. There are molecules, the Moon and festive ‘magic’ from the media. [MP3 Link] Episode #97. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott. Links: Astronomy events in 2014: http://www.iflscience.com/space/skywatching-events-not-miss-2014 Jokes scientists like: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/29/scientists-favourite-jokes Desperate holiday press release award : http://www.ciclops.org/view.php?id=7789&js=1 and also http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=24&month=12&year=2013 There are (maybe) no time travellers on Twitter : http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.7128 54-year-old message in a (frozen) bottle: http://laughingsquid.com/scientists-discover-54-year-old-message-in-a-bottle-near-canadian-glacier/ Change’e 3 Science - http://english.ihep.cas.cn/prs/ns/201312/t20131230_115114.html Ten-year old creates new (plausible) molecule : http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-02/10-year-old-accidentally-creates-new-explosive-molecule-science-class Patrick Stewart on Cow accents: http://laughingsquid.com/patrick-stewart-demonstrates-how-to-moo-in-different-cow-accents Aurora timelapse over Norway: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131229.html Credits: Audio content Copyright 2011-2014 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).