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<p>The universe contains an estimated 200 billion trillion stars. </p><p>With numbers like that... where is everybody? </p><p>Take our interactive Fermi Paradox Quiz to discover which theory best matches your view of the universe. </p><p>Start the quiz: <a href="https://seti.outgrow.us/what-is-your-fermi-paradox-persona" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="seti.outgrow.us/what-is-your-fermi-paradox-persona"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seti.outgrow.us/what-is-your-f</span><span class="invisible">ermi-paradox-persona</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/fermiparadox/" rel="tag">#FermiParadox</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/arewealone/" rel="tag">#AreWeAlone</a></p>

<p>The U.S. is losing a generation of young scientists | STAT <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/us-science-lost-generation-scientists-grants-canceled-nih/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/us-science-lost-generation-scientists-grants-canceled-nih/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/us</span><span class="invisible">-science-lost-generation-scientists-grants-canceled-nih/</span></a> </p><p>“If Americans want to maintain our leadership in science and innovation, we need to restore the pact that has always sustained it: that when students devote their lives to discovery that serves all of us, we will stand by them. Anything less is a betrayal — not only of them, but of the future they are trying to build for all of us.”</p><p><a href="/tags/damage/" rel="tag">#damage</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/stat/" rel="tag">#stat</a> <a href="/tags/opinion/" rel="tag">#opinion</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-scientists-create-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-scientists-create-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sciencealert.com/breakthro</span><span class="invisible">ugh-scientists-create-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Did you know the Sun’s diameter is about 400 times larger than the Moon’s... and almost exactly 400 times farther away from Earth? ☀️🌑 </p><p>That incredible cosmic coincidence is what makes total solar eclipses possible, creating one of the most breathtaking sights in our solar system. </p><p>Discover the science behind this remarkable alignment in the SETI Institute&#x27;s free Solar Eclipse eBook. </p><p>Download your free copy at <a href="https://connect.seti.org/solar-eclipses-nature-cosmic-coincidence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="connect.seti.org/solar-eclipses-nature-cosmic-coincidence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">connect.seti.org/solar-eclipse</span><span class="invisible">s-nature-cosmic-coincidence</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/solareclipse/" rel="tag">#SolarEclipse</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>Simple oxygen tweaks could curb &#x27;laughing gas&#x27; emissions from wastewater systems <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-05-simple-oxygen-tweaks-curb-gas.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2025-05-simple-oxygen-tweaks-curb-gas.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-05-simple-o</span><span class="invisible">xygen-tweaks-curb-gas.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/noa</span><span class="invisible">a-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a> <a href="/tags/ohio/" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> mag editorial</p><p>The new reality for American academia</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady7672" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady7672"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sc</span><span class="invisible">ience.ady7672</span></a></p>

<p>Study reveals &#x27;supply and demand&#x27; constraints on body&#x27;s protein-making ability <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-05-reveals-demand-constraints-body-protein.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2025-05-reveals-demand-constraints-body-protein.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-05-reveals-</span><span class="invisible">demand-constraints-body-protein.html</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Onwards &amp; Upwards for Perseverance rover.</p><p>Judging by the wheel tracks in this roughly processed post-drive tiled-NavCam from Sol 1342, the drive direction to site 62.2066 appears to be close to west-southwest. The updated map and drive data (JSON) are unlikely to be released until after the holiday weekend, so I&#x27;ll share the drive data and map as soon as they are available. </p><p>Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech</p><p><a href="/tags/mars/" rel="tag">#Mars</a> <a href="/tags/perseverance/" rel="tag">#Perseverance</a> <a href="/tags/marsrover/" rel="tag">#MarsRover</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#Space</a> <a href="/tags/exploration/" rel="tag">#Exploration</a> <a href="/tags/solarocks/" rel="tag">#Solarocks</a></p>

<p>as she keeps going up the route leading to the summit, Perseverance sends us new visions of the crater rim and beyond </p><p><a href="/tags/mars/" rel="tag">#Mars</a> Nov. 30, 2024 (Sol 1344)<br>Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech</p><p><a href="/tags/perseverance/" rel="tag">#perseverance</a> <a href="/tags/rover/" rel="tag">#rover</a> <a href="/tags/sol1344/" rel="tag">#Sol1344</a> <a href="/tags/perseverancerover/" rel="tag">#PerseveranceRover</a> <a href="/tags/picoturquino/" rel="tag">#PicoTurquino</a> <a href="/tags/jezerocrater/" rel="tag">#JezeroCrater</a> <a href="/tags/jezerocraterrim/" rel="tag">#JezeroCraterRim</a> <a href="/tags/rimcampaign/" rel="tag">#RimCampaign</a> <a href="/tags/rimscience/" rel="tag">#RimScience</a> <a href="/tags/navcam/" rel="tag">#Navcam</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#geology</a> <a href="/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">#landscape</a> <a href="/tags/mars2020/" rel="tag">#Mars2020</a> <a href="/tags/solarocks/" rel="tag">#solarocks</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Beautiful, totally new, long-distance vistas captured 12 hours ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam Zoom camera, after her latest move up the slopes of the crater</p><p><a href="/tags/mars/" rel="tag">#Mars</a> Dec. 5, 2024 (Sol 1349)<br>Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU</p><p><a href="/tags/perseverance/" rel="tag">#Perseverance</a> <a href="/tags/rover/" rel="tag">#rover</a> <a href="/tags/sol1349/" rel="tag">#Sol1349</a> <a href="/tags/perseverancerover/" rel="tag">#PerseveranceRover</a> <a href="/tags/jezerocrater/" rel="tag">#JezeroCrater</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#geology</a> <a href="/tags/mars2020/" rel="tag">#Mars2020</a> <a href="/tags/rimcampaign/" rel="tag">#RimCampaign</a> <a href="/tags/rimscience/" rel="tag">#RimScience</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/martian/" rel="tag">#Martian</a> <a href="/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">#landscape</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

<p>Under <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#cancer</a>, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p><p>(Published Sept. 2024) <a href="https://propub.li/3Zx4ljp" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3Zx4ljp</a></p>

<p>The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data<br>—</p><p>The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/the</span><span class="invisible">-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of the anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration.</p><p>The Python programming language empowers actual science all over the world. Let&#x27;s support their mission and their integrity. *We can all of us* make up for the short fall!<br>[<a href="https://www.python.org/psf/donations/](https://www.python.org/psf/donations/)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.python.org/psf/donations/](https://www.python.org/psf/donations/)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.python.org/psf/donations/]</span><span class="invisible">(https://www.python.org/psf/donations/)</span></a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/python/" rel="tag">#python</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>The Drake Awards are less than two weeks away! Did you know that you can attend virtually? You&#x27;ll see the awards presentations, plus you&#x27;ll have access to our fantastic host, Marco Larsen, and two of our scientists as guests: Laurance Doyle (CETI) and Ann Marie Cody (astrophysics). Tickets are only $15! Get yours today: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awards-2025-tickets-1251126907259" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awards-2025-tickets-1251126907259"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.com/e/drake-awa</span><span class="invisible">rds-2025-tickets-1251126907259</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/drakeawards2025/" rel="tag">#DrakeAwards2025</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/seti/" rel="tag">#seti</a></p>

<p>Astronomers have a love-hate relationship with the atmosphere: it&#x27;s great for, you know, not dying, but it blurs astronomical images. In the latest episode of Chasing Starlight we tell you the inner workings of adaptive optics, a technique where we use powerful lasers and fast shape-shifting mirrors to measure and correct atmospheric turbulence:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2cLroDc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2cLroDc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2c</span><span class="invisible">LroDc</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#astrophysics</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#teaching</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a></p>

<p>in the <a href="/tags/arxiv/" rel="tag">#arXiv</a></p><p>A New Strategy for the Exploration of Venus</p><p>by the VEXAG Exploration Strategy Study Analysis Workgroup<br><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>arxiv.org/abs/2412.06830</a></p><p><a href="/tags/venus/" rel="tag">#Venus</a> <a href="/tags/planetaryscience/" rel="tag">#PlanetaryScience</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/planet/" rel="tag">#planet</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/solarsystem/" rel="tag">#solarsystem</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://neodb.social/search?r=1&q=https://neodb.social/book/0aP0DInM41Pu8Px7oeqhxn" rel="nofollow">Science Comics: Frogs</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 <br>这本好好看！青蛙原来是这么奇特（神奇）的动物啊！</p><p><a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/科普/" rel="tag">#科普</a><br></p>

<p>Britain&#x27;s oldest tree says fuck you to JK Rowling and, after being a male for thousands of years, began producing female fruit.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-s-oldest-tree-the-fortingall-yew-is-undergoing-a-sex-change-a6717796.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-s-oldest-tree-the-fortingall-yew-is-undergoing-a-sex-change-a6717796.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/</span><span class="invisible">home-news/britain-s-oldest-tree-the-fortingall-yew-is-undergoing-a-sex-change-a6717796.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/sex/" rel="tag">#sex</a> <a href="/tags/jkrowling/" rel="tag">#jkrowling</a> <a href="/tags/terfs/" rel="tag">#terfs</a> <a href="/tags/sexisnonbinary/" rel="tag">#sexisnonbinary</a> <a href="/tags/transrightsarehumanrights/" rel="tag">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> Hi <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.</p><p>One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in <a href="/tags/chile/" rel="tag">#Chile</a>. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!</p><p>We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p><p>📷 ESO/G. Vecchia</p><p><a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#astrodon</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#astrophysics</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show<br>—</p><p>A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a></p>

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