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Will AI chatbots replace physicists? (2023)
Digital Artefact
Glester, A. (in press). Will AI chatbots replace physicists?. [Podcast]

When discussing the capabilities of the latest AI chatbots, a physicist may argue: “Okay, they’re impressive at regurgitating texts that sound increasingly human. But we physicists don’t have much to worry about. It will be ages before the bots learn... Read More about Will AI chatbots replace physicists?.

Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics (2023)
Digital Artefact
Glester, A. (2023). Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics. [Podcast]

If you were awarded $3m prize money for your scientific excellence and hard graft, would you give it all away to strangers? That’s what the Northern Irish astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell did in 2018 after winning the Special Breakthrough Pri... Read More about Cosmic generosity: A selfless investment in the future of physics.

Active listening: Learning through interviewing (2023)
Book Chapter
Glester, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2023). Active listening: Learning through interviewing. In S. Rowland, & L. Kuchel (Eds.), Teaching Science Students to Communicate: A Practical Guide (451-456). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2_57

Active Listening is a concept borrowed from counseling and conflict resolution; it makes for better interviews and better interviewers. Students entering the workplace can effectively use Active Listening in many aspects of their work from science wr... Read More about Active listening: Learning through interviewing.

Finding solace in the stars (2023)
Digital Artefact
Glester, A. (2023). Finding solace in the stars. [Podcast]

A new film Space, Hope and Charity tells the story of Charity Woodrum, an astrophysicist whose childhood dream of working for NASA was nearly derailed by a personal tragedy. Woodrum is now studying for a doctorate in galaxy quenching at the Universit... Read More about Finding solace in the stars.

Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities (2023)
Digital Artefact
Glester, A. (2023). Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities. [Podcast]

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently made history by selecting John McFall – an amputee, Paralympic sprinter and medical scientist – among its latest cohort of astronauts. McFall’s inclusion is part of an ESA parastronaut feasibility project for... Read More about Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities.

Commanding missions, making history (2022)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (in press). Commanding missions, making history. Physics World, 35(6), 49

Andrew Glester reviews Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: the Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen M Collins with Jonathan H Ward.

Ambassador for the Space Age (2021)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2021). Ambassador for the Space Age. Physics World, 33(12), Article 40

Commercial spaceflight industry professional and science communicator Kellie Gerardi was one of the many who wanted to be part of the nascent Space Age. But with a degree in film studies rather than aerospace engineering, her nontraditional path in t... Read More about Ambassador for the Space Age.

Spicing up your space education with CanSats rockets and hackathons... - the Space Universities Network Recipe Book (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Berthoud, L., Glester, A., Akram, S., Ardelean, I., Bannister, N., & Jones, M. (2020). Spicing up your space education with CanSats rockets and hackathons... - the Space Universities Network Recipe Book. In Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities (246-250). https://doi.org/10.29311/2020.61

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. It now has 60 member... Read More about Spicing up your space education with CanSats rockets and hackathons... - the Space Universities Network Recipe Book.

Visitor from another star (2019)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2019). Visitor from another star. Physics World, 32(2), 32-37. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/32/2/31

Asteroid, comet, alien ship or something else altogether? Astronomers are still unsure about the true nature of 'Oumuamua – the first confirmed interstellar object to be detected in our solar system – as Andrew Glester finds

Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community (2018)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2018). Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(5), 1562-1568

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. The goal of this res... Read More about Developing a Community of Practice to support the space engineering higher education community.

The asteroid trillionaires (2018)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2018). The asteroid trillionaires. Physics World, 31(6), 33-35. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/31/6/29

The race to the riches of asteroids is on, with several private companies vying for funding to become the first space miners. Andrew Glester digs into the issues involved in making money from asteroids.

Developing a community of practice to support the space engineering higher education community (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Berthoud, L., & Glester, A. (2018, April). Developing a community of practice to support the space engineering higher education community. Paper presented at 2nd Symposium on Space Educational Activities: April 11-13 2018, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

The UK-based “Space Universities Network” (SUN) was formed in 2016 with the aim of enhancing the quality of learning and teaching by providing support and resources to the space science and engineering higher education community. The goal of this res... Read More about Developing a community of practice to support the space engineering higher education community.

Sitting outside the Milky Way: Communicating science with adults in a 3D planetarium (2017)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2017). Sitting outside the Milky Way: Communicating science with adults in a 3D planetarium

Planetariums are evolving. In July 2015, the @Bristol Planetarium became the first 3D planetarium in the UK. Audiences are taken on a multimedia, 3D journey through the Cosmos to supplement the more traditional 2D representation of the night sky. Thi... Read More about Sitting outside the Milky Way: Communicating science with adults in a 3D planetarium.