Scientists from around the world gathered in Rome on 2nd May 1922 to agree on a definitive list of 88 constellations, which up until then had been an astronomical free-for-all.
The collection of eminent astronomers eventually settled on 42 animals, 29 inanimate objects and 17 humans or mythological characters, which, taken together, offered a complete map o ... Show More
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Colin The Caterpillar - A Cultural Odyssey
Equally beloved at office boardrooms and toddler birthday parties, Colin the Caterpillar - a £7 swiss roll cake with white and milk chocolate and buttercream - was launched at an unsuspecting public by Marks and Spencer on 26th August, 1990. At the product development stage, he w ... Show More
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Jan 2025
Galactic Revelations, Cometary Wonders & Moon Mysteries: #487 - First Edition of 2025
Space Nuts Episode 487: Rethinking the Universe - Dark Energy, Comet Atlas, and Pluto's Moon Mystery
Join Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson as they welcome the newest member to the team and kick off the first episode of 2025 with groundbreaking discussions and cosmic revel ... Show More
41m 39s
Sep 2024
The Times They Are a-Changin'
This episode first aired back in December of 2013, and at the start of that new year, the team was cracking open fossils, peering back into ancient seas, and looking up at lunar skies only to find that a year is not quite as fixed as we thought it was.With the help of paleontolog ... Show More
24m 54s
Jul 11
Cosmic Chronicles: UFOs, Galactic Archaeology & the Mystery of the Zombie Satellite
Sponsor Links:This episode is brought to with the support of Incogni....when your online privacy and security becomes important, you need Incogni.To check our special discount deal, visit www.incogni.com/spacenutsIf you'd like to check out our special offer from NordVPN, our offi ... Show More
36m 55s
Jan 2025
Or Darwin, If You Prefer by Mel Hunter - A Sci-Fi Short Story from Fantastic Universe September 1954
Mr. Harbinger could not quite believe in the Mouth. But poor Mr. Harbinger—or Darwin, if you prefer—are gone to other times. Or Darwin, If You prefer by Mel Hunter. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.
If you are a regular listener of the podcast you know we love to discover i ... Show More
29m 7s
Jan 2025
The Splendor of Nature, Now Streaming
In 1954, a young David Attenborough made his début as the star of a new nature show called “Zoo Quest.” The docuseries, which ran for nearly a decade on the BBC, was a sensation that set Attenborough down the path of his life’s work: exposing viewers to our planet’s most miraculo ... Show More
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