“You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Space is massive, it is hard to even think about how big Space is, let alone comprehend it. How can we even begin to measure the size of the Universe when it is so enormous? … Continue Reading
BY JOHN ANSELL
on Anzac Day 2021
Skinned of their skin and bled of their blood, … Continue Reading
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley.
Holidays are over and the kids are back at school – we had great fun at the libraries making zines (what are they, you ask? Mini-magazines!) which were photocopied so they could be shared among friends. We saw many budding authors/graphic artists/comic creators! We also played Book Bingo – families grabbed a bingo sheet, then completed fun challenges such as reading in their pyjamas, watching a story on the Library’s Storybox app (ask us about it!) and reading in a tent or fort. Whoever completed a line, or a whole sheet, went into a draw to win a whole stack of new children’s books! … Continue Reading
Australian smarts and Chinese industrial might made solar power the cheapest power humanity has seen – and no one saw it coming
The solar cell was invented when Russell Shoemaker Ohl, a researcher in Bell Labs, noticed in 1940 that a cracked silicon sample produced a current when exposed to light. However, little improvement had been made until the contribution of Martin Green, a young engineering professor working out of the University of New South Wales. … Continue Reading
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