122 Ranting About The Hobbit

Rob and Chris talk about rainbows, comets, and Hollywood. There’s
a cool new pulsar in M82 and an awesome new artwork on the web.


Links:




Rosetta Captures Thrilling Close-Up Image Of Comet “Firing
Its Jets” http://t.co/roTLYnX5qG




A nanosecond on/in the Sun - one of the best ‘What If’s ever.
(The What If book is excellent too BTW)
http://t.co/YkfMvzhy2R




A Full Circle Rainbow over Australia on APOD
http://t.co/LaKfmvxw8g




How to prove Hollywood favours men :
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-measure-women-film-annenberg




Halley’s not coming back :
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/here-comes-halley-keep-your-eyes-peeled-for-a-cosmic-fireworks-display-later-this-month-9775958.html




Spectacular pulsar :
https://www.llnl.gov/news/aroundthelab/2014/Oct/ATL100914_star.html




Talk is Fundraising for Children in Need by walking 1km to
school http://t.co/DoGuSFaShp




Weneedus.org (and the recession vending machine)




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Credits:


Audio content Copyright 2011-2014 Chris Lintott and Robert
Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space.
Podcast Image of lightbulb courtesy of Flickr user bazik
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).