Thoughts Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/category/thoughts/ Astronomy author and speaker Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:21:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.colinstuart.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-Saturn1-32x32.png Thoughts Archives - Colin Stuart https://www.colinstuart.net/category/thoughts/ 32 32 166732936 Why Voyager 1 has NOT left the solar system https://www.colinstuart.net/voyager-1-not-left-solar-system/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:49:48 +0000 https://colinstuart.net/?p=5484 The post Why Voyager 1 has NOT left the solar system appeared first on Colin Stuart.

]]> 5484 Why your bathroom taps have been lying to you for years https://www.colinstuart.net/bathroom-taps-lying-years/ https://www.colinstuart.net/bathroom-taps-lying-years/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:31:28 +0000 https://colinstuart.net/?p=5060 Do you ever get the sense that you’re being lied to? That those around you have fed you untruths your entire life and no-one else seems to question it? I’m not talking about the latest twists in the current crazy political landscape or any half-baked conspiracy theories about the Sun’s evil, unseen twin. No, I […]

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]]> https://www.colinstuart.net/bathroom-taps-lying-years/feed/ 0 5060 How to be a better public speaker… according to science https://www.colinstuart.net/better-public-speaker-according-science/ https://www.colinstuart.net/better-public-speaker-according-science/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 09:44:10 +0000 https://colinstuart.net/?p=4892 If you are afraid of speaking in public, then you certainly aren’t alone. Survey after survey has shown it to be one of the things that people fear the most. In a now infamous poll from the 1970s, forty-one per cent of people said they were afraid of public speaking, whereas only nineteen per cent […]

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]]> https://www.colinstuart.net/better-public-speaker-according-science/feed/ 0 4892 Where is the sky? Not where you might think https://www.colinstuart.net/where-is-the-sky-your-answer-is-probably-wrong/ https://www.colinstuart.net/where-is-the-sky-your-answer-is-probably-wrong/#respond Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:35:56 +0000 https://colinstuart.net/test/?p=4711 .

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]]> https://www.colinstuart.net/where-is-the-sky-your-answer-is-probably-wrong/feed/ 0 4711 Stars, Cells and Silos: what astronomers and doctors can teach us about collaboration and innovation https://www.colinstuart.net/stars-cells-and-silos/ https://www.colinstuart.net/stars-cells-and-silos/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:31:03 +0000 https://colinstuart.net/test/?p=4403 Next week I’ll be in Helsinki, speaking at the Upgraded Life Festival about why healthcare professionals and astronomers should work together more. At first the fit might not seem obvious. What do those who diagnose disease have in common with people studying stars? The answer is a lot more than you think. In a recent opinion […]

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]]> https://www.colinstuart.net/stars-cells-and-silos/feed/ 0 4403 Why we shouldn’t ask kids what they want to be when they’re older https://www.colinstuart.net/why-we-shouldnt-ask-kids-what-they-want-to-be-when-theyre-older/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:36:41 +0000 http://www.colinstuart.net/?p=2439 Many of us are guilty of what I think is a well-intentioned mistake: we ask children to imagine the jobs they want to do when they are older. When they don’t know we give them suggestions. We do it, perhaps, because we were asked the same question as children. Certainly when I was young there […]

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