Kate has posted a report on Boskone talk by Brother Guy Consolmagno, on hunting for meteorites in Antarctica. Guy is a Jesuit brother, and also a research astronomer for the Vatican, and a better example of the peaceful coexistence of science and religion would be hard to find.
He’s also a very entertaining speaker. I forget what I was doing that kept me from seeing this talk, but I was on a panel with him later, and he’s a charming fellow. If I’d known he was spending the year on sabbatical in New York, I would’ve tried to get him booked into our colloquium schedule…
Anyway, the talk was a little light on the science, but had lots of amusing stuff about living and working in Antarctica, and Kate’s got detailed notes.