Today NASA named four skilled astronauts as the #ArtemisIII crew for a test mission in low-Earth orbit, perhaps next year. All four are men, even though NASA has loads of highly qualified women astronauts. It's not a good look for the so-called Artemis generation. 🧪🔭
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Taking another step toward one of the most complex human spaceflight missions in recent history, NASA on Tuesday provided new Artemis III details and
Welcome to the 2026 Volcano World Cup! Here's a little introductory post about the Volcano World Cup for the uninitiated. Look for Group A coming out at the end of the week to start us off. eruptions.site/2026/06/08/w... #volcanoworldcup
Welcome to the 2026 Volcano World Cup! IDL TIFF file The 2026 World Cup is just about the start and although many of us have very mixed feelings about FIFA (to say the least), the same can’t …
NCAR just won in court! A US district judge in Colorado has prohibited NSF from taking #NCAR apart, specifically in spalling off its supercomputing center in Wyoming. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Our earlier story on this and why it matters:
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Welp I was going to write about yesterday's NASA Artemis science talks but they didn't say very much and then a big rocket went boom last night so
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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Failure will likely delay US space agency’s efforts to beat China to the lunar surface.
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Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.
June 8, 1783, the Laki eruption, one of the largest basaltic fissure eruptions in recorded history and the deadliest volcanic eruption in Icelandic history, starts when a series of fissures erupting lava open in the ground 🌋🇮🇸
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Important update: This morning NSF removed its internal flags on 3 of the 4 universities (Princeton's remains). We've updated our story to reflect this and the release of the new awards to Harvard and Duke.
US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.
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The explosion of the New Glenn rocket seriously damaged the launch site as well. The cadence of lunar missions that NASA just announced will be completely scrambled.
A rough @nature.com poll of >1,900 researchers found:
~48% feel negative towards AI
63% say that risks for data analysis outweigh benefits
~60% felt AI FOMO: that they would be left behind if they did not use AI tools in their work.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dan Garisto
Dan Garisto
History of Geology
Almost half of the scientists who responded said that they feel broadly negative towards artificial intelligence, but they think that some tools are better than others.
