This is so cool!

A graphic of the Artemis II reentry timeline. The process takes 13 minutes for the capsule to travel from 400,000 feet above Earth down to the ocean. Also marked are a communications blackout spanning from about 30 seconds to 6 minutes into the process and the parachute deploy from 10 to 12.5 minutes.

After a ten-day mission around the moon, the Artemis II astronauts will have traveled nearly 700,000 miles. Today is the final hurdle: reentry. Here's where we stand right now: www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

“There’s a lot to learn on the moon….But some astronomers, faced with increasingly austere government funding for their ground- and space-based projects, are beginning to see the moon as a more fiscally-stable scientific stage for some of their most ambitious cosmic studies.”

CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.

The Total Wreckage of Trump’s Energy Policy The U.S. and Israel’s war of choice has already destroyed many things, including the president’s domestic energy strategy.

The Iran War has broken the bargain that Trump promised to strike between American consumers and the oil industry — and its left his energy policy dead in the water. I wrote about it for @heatmap.news: heatmap.news/energy/trump...

Why reducing air pollution deaths isn’t just about reducing air pollution Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, for example by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives

~1.7 million lives were saved in 2019 because of decreases in air pollution

More lives are saved when cleaner air goes hand in hand with:

- reducing social inequalities

- more equal access to healthcare for everyone in society

New study

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Record-smashing heat spreads: 'Basically the entire US is going to be hot' A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records.

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records.

Aww, so cute!

Dolphins have been stranding in droves on the shores of Patagonia. Scientists think they’ve found the culprit Dolphins washing up on the shores of Patagonia may have been fleeing orcas in the area

Dolphins washing up on the shores of Patagonia may have been fleeing orcas in the area

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.

All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Ding-dong! The Dutch Fish Doorbell needs you to help migrating fish A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

Women’s heart health, Artemis update, postbirthing vitamins for reindeer What a worrying forecast says about women’s heart health, what’s happening with NASA’s Artemis II moon mission and why female reindeer have antlers

Today on the pod, what a worrying forecast says about women’s heart health, what’s happening with NASA’s Artemis II moon mission and why female reindeer have antlers

The quotation marks were properly used (I’m a journalist myself), but the writing could have been clearer.

The U.S. just surpassed a grim measles milestone As the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026, experts say that the rate of infections is accelerating much faster this year than it did in years past

As the U.S. officially breaks 1,000 measles cases in 2026, experts say that the rate of infections is accelerating much faster this year than it did in years past

It’s in quotes because they’re using language from the lawsuit. Read the paragraph again. It reads:

The 2024 lawsuit had sought from Novartis “the full amount of its net profits obtained by commercializing the HeLa cell line,” which the complaint said had been cultivated from “stolen cells.”

Beautiful

Doting male mouse dads share a genetic signature, new study finds New research on African striped mice found that the caregiving instinct may be rooted in a specific gene

New research on African striped mice found that the caregiving instinct may be rooted in a specific gene

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

12-year-old Ender wrote that when she felt sick at Dilley, the doctor would only say to drink more water.

“The worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here,” she wrote in her letter.

By @micarosenberg.bsky.social

A ‘shadow CDC’ is scrambling to fill gaps in public health data Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health

Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S. public health

This is from 2023

EVs are already making your air cleaner A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.

EVs are already making your air cleaner #Climate

What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

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The consequences of this will be felt for generations.

How digital forensics could prove what’s real in the age of deepfakes As deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction, we’ll need a new class of forensic experts to determine what’s real, what’s fake and what can be proved in court

As deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction, we’ll need a new class of forensic experts to determine what’s real, what’s fake and what can be proved in court

Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows European governments including Germany, Britain and Denmark will reinforce their plans to massively expand wind power projects on Monday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump stepping up criticism of their green energy agenda, a draft declaration due to be signed by government leaders showed.

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Trump Administration to Speed Up Permitting for Deep Sea Mining, Even Beyond U.S. Boundaries - Eos NOAA has finalized a rule that will expedite the permit and license application process for deep seabed mining and allow companies to mine beyond U.S. jurisdictional boundaries.

@noaa.gov has finalized a rule to expedite the permit process for deep sea mining, including applications for exploration and extraction beyond U.S. jurisdictional boundaries. 🧪

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Beautiful images of Monday’s northern lights show in Western Europe. You could even see them here in Portugal.

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

NYTimes: How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

Offshore Wind Developers Are Now 3 for 3 Against Trump A third judge rejected a stop work order, allowing the Coastal Virginia offshore wind project to proceed.

BREAKING:

A judge has overturned a stop work order from the Trump administration, allowing the Coastal Virginia offshore wind project to proceed.

The decision marks the third defeat for the president — this week. Here's @jael.bsky.social with more:

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