Research like a rock star

I've written before about Brian May, so it was inevitable that he would show up on a recruitment poster.

Darwin, young researcher

Happy Darwin Day!

In keeping with one of the recurring themes of this blog, Darwin was only about 22 when he set off on the H.M.S. Beagle on a trip around the world. The trip would make him famous for his book, Voyage of the Beagle.

The picture shows Darwin in 1840, several years after the Beagle voyage.

All this and beauty too...

I love showing people who have done research, but that you would never expect it from...

We will, we will, doc you

Brian May of Queen, international rock star, defended his Ph.D. in astronomy yesterday. 37 years after he started.

Congratulations!

Note to students in our program: You are expected to graduate with your graduate degrees on a significantly shorter timeline.

A Queen among grad students

Brian May, of the legendary band Queen, has finished writing his doctoral thesis on space dust. Thirty years after he started it.

Good luck on the defense!