Science Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/science/ Mechanically-minded travel Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:00:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 If we are past the winter solstice, why is sunrise getting later? https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/if-we-are-past-the-winter-solstice-why-is-sunrise-getting-later/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/if-we-are-past-the-winter-solstice-why-is-sunrise-getting-later/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:47:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12572 Ok, I’m sure this has been troubling you, as it has me. I had an alarm set on my phone to mark the winter solstice (3.03pm Sun 21st Dec). Ok, it’s a little geeky, but it meant that when the moment came I could rejoice in the idea that we were heading back to the […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/if-we-are-past-the-winter-solstice-why-is-sunrise-getting-later/feed/ 0 Vendée Globe Sailors to distribute Science Buoys in the Oceans https://mechtraveller.com/2024/10/vendee-globe-sailors-to-distribute-science-buoys-in-the-oceans/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/10/vendee-globe-sailors-to-distribute-science-buoys-in-the-oceans/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:14:23 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=10726 Twenty five sailors, out of the forty who are setting off  in the Vendée Globe 2024 solo round-the-world non-stop yacht race on 10th November, will take scientific equipment provided by UNESCO and its scientific partners on board their IMOCA yachts to deploy during the race. This innovative project – the result of a partnership between […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/10/vendee-globe-sailors-to-distribute-science-buoys-in-the-oceans/feed/ 0 A new home for part of the Science Museum Group Collection opens near Swindon https://mechtraveller.com/2024/10/a-new-home-for-part-of-the-science-museum-group-collection-opens-near-swindon/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/10/a-new-home-for-part-of-the-science-museum-group-collection-opens-near-swindon/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:04:40 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=10574 Over 300,000 historic items from the Science Museum Group* collection have been carefully moved into a new facility at the National Collections Centre in the Science and Innovation Park near Swindon in Wiltshire. The new Hawking Building, named after Prof. Stephen Hawking, is not a museum. It is a storage and research facility. However, as […]

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