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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social · 9h

50+ years supporting astronomy in Chile 🌌🇨🇱

Hernán Bustos Binvignat, recently-retired Deputy Director at AURA in Chile — the organization that manages NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory — reflects on a career dedicated to world-class astronomy. 🔭🧪

🎥 Meet Hernán https://youtu.be/AoXYTPHsQwE

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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 9h

Great to see Sergi's blog post about the recent study on the macroevolutionary dynamics of arcade games.
doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
🧪 ⚒️ #Complexity #EvoBio

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 9h

After completing a 3,000 mile cross-country journey by truck, our beloved submersible #Alvin arrived in Woods Hole today! 🎉

For the next 6 months, the nation’s deepest-diving human-occupied vehicle will undergo a complete overhaul—ensuring its spotless safety record continues.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9h

St Helena Dive Guide: Caves, Wrecks and Whale Shark Encounters | Scuba Diving 🦑🧪🌎🦈

St Helena Dive Guide: Caves, Wrecks and Whale Shark Encounters

Discover Saint Helena’s remote Atlantic waters. Dives caves, coral-covered wrecks, snorkel alongside whale sharks, explore volcanic trails, sip rare island coffee and meet Jonathan, the world’s…

www.scubadiving.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 6h

Hormone replacement therapy helps restore immune function in menopausal women, reducing inflammaging and preserving monocyte function. open-access
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Extends what I previously summarized from immune system clocks
erictopol.substack.com/p/new-anti-a...

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 6h

Less than 70% of science Nobel prize winners awarded this century hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.
“Mobility benefits everyone. Each newcomer brings fresh ideas, new techniques & different ways of looking at old problems”
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3d

Contrary to the new owner of CBS, it isn’t the case that 70% of Americans identify themselves as center-left or -right. www.pbump.net/o/you-cant-g...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 1d

We're excited to welcome Christopher Topp to the Plant Resilience Institute! Dr. Topp uses powerful imaging tools to envision the future of sustainable agriculture, and he will soon bring his expertise in root biology to MSU. Read the full story: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 1d

PRI is continuing to build on our collaborative mission, connecting leading plant scientists to drive unique solutions to global challenges in food security and climate resilience, and we invite applications for multiple tenure-stream faculty positions: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st...

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Plant Editors @planteditors.bsky.social · 1d

#PlantSciJobs at MSU!!

MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 1d

PRI is continuing to build on our collaborative mission, connecting leading plant scientists to drive unique solutions to global challenges in food security and climate resilience, and we invite applications for multiple tenure-stream faculty positions: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st...

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 1d

C-SPIRIT’s Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) is giving a keynote at the XXI SMB Plant Biology Congress! 🌱
🗓️ Oct 21 | 6:30-7:15 pm CT
💬 Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork

See more: smbplant.quimica.unam.mx
#PlantScience

Upcoming C-SPIRIT team member talk!
Director of the Plant Resilience Institute & C-SPIRIT
Michigan State University
Dr. Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee
Talk Title: Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork (C-SPIRIT)
Tuesday, October 21st 6:30 - 7:15 pm CT
Learn more!

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Andrew Robinson (no, not Garak) @andrewr.bsky.social · 1d

Our son has a very rare genetic condition called DLG-4 Synaptopathy, and we were able to connect with other parents with children with the same disorder. We started a research foundation and coined an easier name: Shine Syndrome
www.dlg4shine.org

The DLG4 Shine Foundation - dedicated to funding research and finding treatment for this rare disease, and providing family’s with community support.

www.dlg4shine.org

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 1d

In 2021 I found my postdoc job via Twitter. Got to connect with a lot of scientists via Twitter and now BlueSky.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Andrew Kniss @wyoweeds.bsky.social · 1d

I published 2 papers as a direct result of some Twitter discussions that made me go find data to answer questions.

1) www.nature.com/articles/nco...

2) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

left the museum $400,000 upon her death.⁠
#printmaking #sciart #womenInSTEM #Indigineer #SpaceRace #planetaryScience #linocut

minouette.etsy.com

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

NASA Flight Handbook Vol. III about flight to Mars and Venus. ⁠

After retiring in 1973, she devoted her time to recruiting & mentoring women & Indigenous people to engineering. At 96 she participated in the opening ceremony for the National Museum of the American Indian &

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

and much of her work there remains classified! It included preliminary design concepts for interplanetary travel, crewed and uncrewed space flights and the earliest plans for orbiting satellites. She worked on the Agena rocket, so important to the Apollo moon mission (shown) and was an author of the

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

was indeed farsighted. After the war Lockheed sent her to UCLA to study engineering and celestial mechanics. She was one of the 40 engineers selected to start Skunk Works, their Advanced Development Program, an in-house top-secret think tank. She was the only woman and only Indigenous person

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

technical job in California. Lockheed Aircraft hired her as mathematician in 1942, troubleshooting the P-38 Lighting fighter plane (as shown). She knew already that her interest was in interplanetary flight, but didn’t mention it in 1942 for fear that her credibility would be questioned, but she

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

Depression then got her Master’s & put her education to work to try to help Indigenous people and worked as a statistician with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, until she was reassigned as an advisor to girls at the Santa Fe Indian School. ⁠
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When WWII broke out her father suggested she find a

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

Trail of Tears, Ross attributed her success in math to the Cherokee tradition of encouraging equal education for boys and girls. She went to Northeastern State Teacher’s College in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and earned a bachelor’s in math by the time she was 20. She taught science and math through the

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

For #spacetober_challenge day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 🧪🐡🧮🔭👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the

Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 1d

Niels Bohr was born on this day in 1885.

“When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.”

🧪 🦋🦫 #histSTM #philsci #PhilSky

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

- I met hundreds (thousands?) of interesting folks working in my field and/or expert in other stuff
- I’ve learned a lot from you all
- I once had a tweet end up in the UK National Food Strategy (2021)
- It was good to be so connected when we were all physically isolated in 2020
- You make me laugh

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

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