'Hot Blooded' by Foreigner ........... 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

🎶 Were you making fun of me with some esoteric joke?
Now I want to sell my house and set fire to all my clothes
And hire a priest to come and exorcise my demons
Even if I die screaming
And I hope you hear it 🎶

......... mmhmm mmhmm

'The Black Dog' by Taylor Swift.......... mmhmm

Gas “bullets” and their wakes in the Orion Nebula. Vibrant blue tips, indicating iron atoms, lead long orange-red tubular wakes of heated molecular hydrogen gas. Bright white stars are scattered throughout the image, varying in size.

Throwback post: This week's image is of the Orion "Bullets," which was captured with Gemini’s GSAOI. These structures result from iron gas (blue tips) rushing through neutral hydrogen gas (red pillars) due to nearby star formation. Check out a few paper highlights in the thread!

#Astronomy

Watch a spider’s heart race when traffic gets too loud Study captures a hidden stress response in roadside orb weavers

Never thought I'd be able to see a spider's heart beating with the naked eye. 🕷️ Cool story by Olivia Maule at @science.org

As a reminder, NASA's entire budget, *including* human spaceflight (which is about half of it), is already less than 0.4% of US federal spending. As a comparison, defense spending, even when NOT actively starting wars, is more than 10% (with a huge increase proposed for FY2027).

This is more broadly generalizable: If you don't do the research yourself, you have no idea if AI is making stuff up. And if you do the research yourself, then AI isn't saving you much labor, if any.

answering an email while in therapy !!!! jaclyn !!!

A vertical long-exposure photograph of the Milky Way stretching over the Gemini South Telescope, featuring a bright green and orange meteor streak, the Magellanic Clouds, and atmospheric airglow. Also visible in the background is the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

The Milky Way, seen from Cerro Pachón in Chile (with a meteor passing through!). Behind the Gemini South telescope, you can see NSF–DOE @vrubinobs.bsky.social #astronomy

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek

also in the women's bathroom there was just a Kotex advertisement as like... decoration; was comical

rare speaker dinner last night where all members (6, incl. speaker) were women < 3 #womeninSTEM

A pair of planet-forming discs A pair of planet-forming discs

ICYMI, here are some stunning new images showcasing baby star and planet systems 🤩 Here, combined images from #jwst, Hubble, & ALMA let us see the edge-on planet-forming discs. More: esawebb.org/images/potm2...

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

"Why aren't satellites visible in Artemis II photos?"

Me: Because they're tiny.

Learn With Sherlock: Hold my abacus.

oh to be an eastern newt climbing on some leaves

"Grief requires a language, and sometimes prayer is the only language people have. But prayer cannot be policy. It cannot be prevention." open.substack.com/pub/goldieta...

Diagnostic dilemma: A woman heard voices telling her she had a brain tumor ‪—‬ and scans confirmed she did In a strange medical case, a woman suddenly started hearing voices, and they directed her to seek care for a brain tumor.

I get to write about some pretty unusual medical case reports for @livescience.com, and this one was a doozy. A woman in the UK suddenly started hearing voices urging her to get medical attention for a brain tumor, despite having no symptoms or prior diagnosis. The "voices" turned out to be right 🧪

rip ADS is down : (

me, telling all the grad students I know where a prof in the dept lives: at school, because he's a teacher

beautiful nerds, i need someone to create a search function to find lawyers on a bar association's website. it would search the memebrship and display who is in the geographic area you choose.

site is set up on wordpress. obviously will pay. let me know who does this kind of thing.

Cover of report "Mission Aborted: how NASA illegally implemented the president's budget request without congressional approval. Minority staff report, prepared by members of the committee on science, space, and technology, us house of representatives, April 2026

This report came out today by minority staff of the House science committee on how three NASA missions were aborted due to NASA illegally following the FY26 president's budget request instead of congressionally approved budget. Very important reading. 🔭🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/staff-report...

In final moments before truce, Israeli strike kills Lebanese man's family Hassan Abu Khalil's family miraculously survived six weeks of war in southern Lebanon, but tragedy struck ‌in the final minutes before a ceasefire came into force. An Israeli strike late on Thursday killed 13 of his relatives, leaving him the sole survivor.

In final moments before truce, Israeli strike kills Lebanese man's family reut.rs/3OMUkvG

The worst part of any bike ride is cars.

Following review by the state, Ohio University will sunset select academic programs graduating fewer than 5 students annually Currently enrolled students will be able to complete their degree as outlined.

an updated read shows that Ohio U is still keeping a Bachelors of Science avail for physics (and math and chemistry): news.ohio.edu/news/2026/03...

Following review by the state, Ohio University will sunset select academic programs graduating fewer than 5 students annually Currently enrolled students will be able to complete their degree as outlined.

Wait I am seeing this from Ohio: "OHIO will continue to offer a Bachelor of Science in Physics." news.ohio.edu/news/2026/03...

insane to eliminate physics at Ohio U given they have an accelerator lab and guaranteed time at MDM at Kitt Peak.... very disappointing to read this today

Physics bachelors programs at Bowling Green, Kent State, Ohio U, and Wright State will be eliminated! ⚛️🧪🔭

Our REU renewal was funded!

We found out today so we are accepting applications now! Like right now!

Application review is going to happen swiftly as we know we’re are late in the typical cycle.

pa.msu.edu/undergraduat...

#reu #physics #astronomy #research

nobody asked me but i actually strongly support the idea of a posting website that goes down for nights and weekends

TNG "The Chase"; an #iconic shot of Captain Picard leaning back in his chair in the Enterprise ready room and checking out, clearly exasperated and looking toward the ceiling, his eyes almost crossed