Science magazine now available online!

Many of you have asked for this subscription, and now it's available from 1880 right up to the latest issues via the eLibrary. Log in at the link below.

http://tb2tn4ax7t.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&N=100&L=TB2TN4AX7T&S=I_M&C=0036-8075

Interview with Professor Ian Crawford

Professor Ian Crawford of Birkbeck's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences was interviewed on "Is Moon mining economically feasible?" at space.com http://www.space.com/28189-moon-mining-economic-feasibility.html

Read some of Prof. Crawford's recent publications about the Moon via the Birkbeck eLibrary:

• Lunar exploration: opening a window into the history and evolution of the inner Solar System (at Arxiv.org)
• Western Oceanus Procellarum as seen by C1XS on Chandrayaan-1 
• Numerical modeling of lava-regolith heat transfer on the Moon and implications for the preservation of implanted volatiles
• Scientific preparations for lunar exploration
• Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration 
• Geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Moon: Status of current understanding
• A brief review of chemical and mineralogical resources on the Moon and likely initial in situ resource utilization (ISRU) applications

Your Birkbeck IT account is needed for access to most of these.

A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science

With more and more information out there, sometimes bad science slips through the net. Here's a handy infographic guide to spotting it. See the full article at http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/04/02/a-rough-guide-to-spotting-bad-science/

Making waves with the Qatar Digital Library - British Library Science blog

The British Library's Science team has posted an interesting article on how the Qatar Digital Library has helped to unearth valuable information about past tsunamis:



Making waves with the Qatar Digital Library - Science blog

Nature Milestones Crystallography - free access

We have free access to this Nature supplement for 6 months. It includes a series of short articles, called Milestones, presenting key developments in the field, written by editors from Nature Publishing Group (NPG).

In addition to the Milestone articles, the supplement includes a Timeline - a chronology of events connected with each Milestone - and a reprinted Collection of landmark papers from Nature and other Nature titles. The Milestones website includes an extensive Library of related material from across NPG.

http://www.nature.com/milestones/milecrystal/index.html?WT.mc_id=BAN_NAT_1407_CRYSLAUNCH

Comets!

In celebration of ESA's success with Rosetta and Philae, here's a list of the books, ebooks, DVD and streaming video we have available via the Library. Read on and impress your friends with your knowledge of comets!

Ebooks
Blazing a ghostly trail: ISON and great comets of the past and future. Grego, Peter. Published 2014
Click here to access ebook http://ezproxy.lib.bbk.ac.uk/login?url=http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=551206

Treatise on Geochemistry 2007 Section on Comets.
Click here to access ebook
http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy.lib.bbk.ac.uk/science/article/pii/B0080437516011725

Online video 
The solar system: planets, asteroids and comets. Published 2010
Click here to access online video http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?EDIV;1743250 

Books in the Library
Introduction to comets. Brandt, John C.  Published 2004 http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/449011
Shelfmark: 523.6 BRA

The comet sweeper: Caroline Herschel's astronomical ambition. Brock, Claire, 1977
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/387154
Shelfmark: 520.92 HER/B

The cosmic serpent : a catastrophist view of earth history. Clube, Victor. Published 1982
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/320035
Shelfmark: 523.6 CLU

Comets!: visitors from deep space. Eicher, David J., 1961-. Published 2013
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/486455
Shelfmark: 523.6 EIC

The comets and their origin. Lyttleton, Raymond Arthur. Published 1953 http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/172627
Shelfmark: 523.6 LYT

A field guide to the stars and planets, including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe. Menzel, Donald Howard, 1901-. Published 1966
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/155092
Shelfmark: 520 MEN

Comets and meteor streams. Porter, John Guy. Published 1952
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/159235
Shelfmark: 523.5 POR

Comet. Sagan, Carl, 1934-. Published 1985 http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/150826
Shelfmark: 523.6 SAG

Comets, popular culture, and the birth of modern cosmology. Schechner Genuth, Sara, 1957-. Published 1997
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/216964
Shelfmark: 523.6 SCH

Comets and the origin of life. Wickramasinghe, Janaki. Published 2010
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/444862
Shelfmark: 576.839 WIC

Meteor showers and their parent comets. Jenniskens, Petrus Matheus Marie. Published 2006
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/459934
Shelfmark: 523.53 JEN

DVD
The comet's tale. Lachmann, M. Published 201
http://vufind.lib.bbk.ac.uk/vufind/Record/462707


Picture by European Space Agency (Rosetta mission poster) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Science writing competition - now open for entries!

The British Library have now launched their science writing competition for this year - if you're a PhD student or post-doc, why not have a go? See the extract from their blog post below.

Science writing competition - now open for entries!

We are excited to announce the launch of 2015's Access to Understanding science writing competition - a prestigious, international competition aimed at PhD students and early career post-doctoral researchers where the challenge is to summarise a cutting-edge research article for a non-specialist audience.

The winner will receive an iPad and have their entry published in eLife. 

See more here