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  • Doctor Rock Star, and his younger peers

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    Congratulations to Dr Brian May, PhD, for successfully defending his PhD thesis, “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud”. At the time of his defense, I was up in Durham, lecturing to the mostly younger incoming class of STFC-supported UK grad students. Best of luck to them, too, and let’s hope they can finish before…

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  • More rock-star astrophysics

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    Combining as it does my vocation with my avocation, it’s impossible to resist an easy post about our favorite rock-star PhD student, especially when he’s made the Guardian’s Leader (aka Editorial) page and the front of the BBC News site (complete with a spiffy pic of the rock star with our new head of group).…

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  • Dance Like A Monkey

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    Best pro-evolution, anti-Bush, big-bangin’, flying-spaghetti-monster-promoting video ever: The New York Dolls’ “Dance Like a Monkey”:

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