Science-folks: If we run 100 experiments, we might find 1 or 2 of them may have results that can make many dollars.

NZ Govt: Excellent. We will fund those 1 or 2 experiments.

Mind the Gap - The story of Embankment station's announcement | London Transport Museum Welcome Host volunteer Thomas James share one of his favourite London Underground stories, about the very special Mind the Gap announcement at Embankment station.

In contrast: www.ltmuseum.co.uk/blog/mind-ga...

A lot of hopepunk is along these lines. Ruthanna Emrys' A Half-Built Garden also good for this x first contact enjoyment

Swedish researchers are desperately looking for Johnson's Baby Oil Gel with Chamomile in order to continue their research into biting midges - the product has been discontinued and so will the research unless fresh bottles (new and opened!) are found. I can't help them - can you?

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

Extreme weather scientists warn of impending funding drought 'Some nerd sitting in an office' doesn't seem like exciting research to fund but it's answering urgent questions about severe weather, a climate scientist says.

Just as the impacts of climate change are really starting to bite, AoNZ as a nation is busy 'deprioritising' research funding into it. You can probably tell from some of the quotes how chill I'm feeling about this.

Strong 'mind if we call you Chris' vibes

They were also Michael's favorite Canadian snack

It has been noticeable how much more challenging making calls inside buildings has become. Those higher frequencies, eh

I'm so sorry, Andy.

A sunset sky, fading from dark blue down through yellow to orange, with a silhouetted barn outline below bright Venus and the smiling crescent moon, with snow barely visible on the ground below.

Sending peace.

Hello Sunday for sure. Needs a booking (popular!)

Apparently it may be helpful. Was going to wait til spring first

Are you planning to mulch occasionally with seaweed?

Mainland Aotearoa's species in Aciphylla are very angry carrots indeed: speargrass that can puncture through gloves or a gumboot. This one is from Rekohu Chatham Is; it is soft and silky. Remarkable the difference browsing herbivores can make

A feathery-leaved green plant

Therapeutic planting of a cool new-to-me species: soft speargrass (Aciphylla dieffenbachii). Needs a cool root run, hoping the spot is full sun+damp enough

Solo Sunday morning bagels just isn't the same

(No, NZ doesn't have decent bagels. Yes, muttering about the bagels was part of the enjoyment)

Beeeees?

Dried tomatoes in oil, but don't make each jar too big

Seven years.

A poem at the beginning of a peer-reviewed and accepted science paper. The poem reads: Freedom. It isn't once, to walk out under the Mily Way, feeling the reivers of light, the fields of dark-- freedom is daily, prose-bound, routine remembering. Putting together, inch by inch the starry worlds. From all the lost collections. -- Adrienne Rich, "For Memory"

Oh, they used to put poems at the beginning of science papers, and this was allowed and published?!

I like it!

Rankin, J. M., 1983, ApJ, 274, 333

'Toward an empirical theory of pulsar emission. I. Morphological taxonomy'

Could not get a clear answer last year

3d movies and tv made systematic efforts, but it never got the politicians as well

The human face of science funding cuts - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre Kiwi scientists share how funding cuts have impacted their research and careers, in a new report from the Save Science Coalition. Many of the profiled researchers have been made redundant or have moved...

The human face of science funding cuts – Expert Reaction

Oh to be a 17 day old Kakapo snoring face down in the dirt.

Oh is that the maramataka bridge?

Friday the 17th at 9:45AM is this webinar about the 'reforms' of the research sector and the recently released report. 👇

I encourage anyone with interest to attend, particularly if you are or have been involved with the public research system in any capacity.
#NZPOL

Artemis II in Eclipse. Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. credit: NASA

We uploaded our co-authored paper to arXiv.

Using a total solar eclipse image from the Artemis II lunar flyby, we studied the optical F-corona over a wide field. Our result hints that dust near the Sun may be more extended than standard models predict.🔭

arxiv.org/abs/2604.13908

image credit: NASA

It is probably Themis family! Perhaps one day a mission target

I once helped with a small ceremony for an asteroid for a young space enthusiast who'd be gone too soon. Never imagined being on the other side of such kindness