The reason that Chris and I were at the meeting last week was to present results from Galaxy Zoo. On Thursday, I gave a scientific poster session about the public outreach results from Galaxy Zoo – how thousands of people have helped us classify galaxies, and how we hope we have helped you understand the [...]
I just got a compliment on my chef hat from a Nobel Prize recipient.
UPDATE: By popular demand, here is the slightly embarrassing photo:
It is a rule of scientific meetings that some of the most productive times are informal gatherings with your colleagues, who are also your friends. And like any gathering of friends, they often take place in the pub. Funding agencies won’t pay for the beers – we pick up that expense ourselves – but it’s [...]
Hi, all. I’m still at AAS. I haven’t been able to post as often as I would have liked because I’ve been tied up at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey exhibit booth (not literally). The SDSS is the source of all the images for Galaxy Zoo, so it’s an important part of what we’re all [...]