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Why we need to decolonise the skies

Astronomer Dr Tana Joseph explores how rethinking way we look at the stars could improve our relationship with our own planet and make it a healthier place to live.

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How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms

Too much of the wrong sort of light can send our natural cycles off-kilter – is city life messing with your circadian rhythm?

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When the sun goes down

Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.

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To stop or stay on lithium

In the final part of her investigation into lithium, Laura Grace Simpkins faces a dilemma – should she put her own mental health or other people and the planet first?

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  • Mathematicians and astronomers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • Copernicus and five other astronomers with astronomical instruments. Engraving by J. Mulder after G. Hoet, 1692.
  • Astronomy: seven astronomers, forming the allegorical titlepage to Dirck Rembrantz van Nierop, Nederduytsche astronomia. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: five astronomers, forming the allegorical titlepage to N. Mulerius,Tabulae frisicae lunae-solares quadruplices. Engraving, 1611.
  • Nicolas Copernicus among other astronomers of the world. Process print after a wood engraving by J. Styfi and J. Holewinski, 18--, after M.E. Andirolli, 1873.
  • Ebenezer Sibly, Astronomer and Philosopher
  • Portrait of Tycho Brahe, a Danish Astronomer
  • Astronomy: Napoleon Bonaparte listening to an astronomer in Milan. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: an astronomer in his study, reading, while holding a pair of dividers. Woodcut.
  • Astronomy: an astronomer in his study, reading, while holding a pair of dividers. Woodcut.
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