Jayant Murthy
@jmurthy.bsky.social
Astronomer at Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Will try to post stuff related to Indian science and random other things of interest.
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When can we stop taking these programs seriously.
- there is no global capacity to absorb US funding cuts
- nowhere with good funding and scientific environment has a hard time recruiting scientists ever
- nowhere is short of scientists, they are short of resources to do research
- there is no global capacity to absorb US funding cuts
- nowhere with good funding and scientific environment has a hard time recruiting scientists ever
- nowhere is short of scientists, they are short of resources to do research
In the French city of Marseille, a university's ambitions to poach American scientists could mask broader tensions over funding in Europe.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/f...
Europe, with ambitions to poach American scientists, faces pressures of its own
In the French city of Marseille, a university's ambitions to poach American scientists could mask broader tensions over funding in Europe.
www.statnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When can we stop taking these programs seriously.
- there is no global capacity to absorb US funding cuts
- nowhere with good funding and scientific environment has a hard time recruiting scientists ever
- nowhere is short of scientists, they are short of resources to do research
- there is no global capacity to absorb US funding cuts
- nowhere with good funding and scientific environment has a hard time recruiting scientists ever
- nowhere is short of scientists, they are short of resources to do research
I wrote this article on the current problems of universities for the Breakthrough Society. My first substack attempt, so please forgive the format.
jmurthy.substack.com/p/universiti...
jmurthy.substack.com/p/universiti...
Universities in trouble
The first recognizable university, featuring established faculty, a defined curriculum, and awarding formal degrees, was the University of Bologna, established in the late 11th century.
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May 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I wrote this article on the current problems of universities for the Breakthrough Society. My first substack attempt, so please forgive the format.
jmurthy.substack.com/p/universiti...
jmurthy.substack.com/p/universiti...
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An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
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Thanks to your reports, we have created a tracker of college campus Visa revocations. Please continue to let us know if you hear of these (names of colleges and number of revocations).
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Campus Abductions — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I was interviewed this week for a major US news show. My interviewer asked me why so few of my colleagues are willing to talk.
It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society.
That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would
It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society.
That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would
In 15 yrs of reporting, I've never had so many health & biomed researchers & outreach orgs tell me they're afraid to talk w/press or barred from speaking bc of new comms policies.
I understand the fear of losing funds. I don't know if silence does more harm than good. If you can speak up, pls do.
I understand the fear of losing funds. I don't know if silence does more harm than good. If you can speak up, pls do.
March 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I was interviewed this week for a major US news show. My interviewer asked me why so few of my colleagues are willing to talk.
It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society.
That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would
It’s not just fear of losing funding, but of being singled out by a regime that wants to purge scientists from society.
That’s why I do speak out. I wish more people would
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1/n Martian Potato1 🧵
Phobos Over Mars: a time lapse from 2007 to 2021
Full size & info: flic.kr/p/2qREua9 🧪🔭
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
8 frames, captured by @esa.int Mars Express. It's stabilized on Phobos (Todd crater) to play with the disorienting effect.
All images below ⬇️
Phobos Over Mars: a time lapse from 2007 to 2021
Full size & info: flic.kr/p/2qREua9 🧪🔭
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
8 frames, captured by @esa.int Mars Express. It's stabilized on Phobos (Todd crater) to play with the disorienting effect.
All images below ⬇️
March 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
1/n Martian Potato1 🧵
Phobos Over Mars: a time lapse from 2007 to 2021
Full size & info: flic.kr/p/2qREua9 🧪🔭
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
8 frames, captured by @esa.int Mars Express. It's stabilized on Phobos (Todd crater) to play with the disorienting effect.
All images below ⬇️
Phobos Over Mars: a time lapse from 2007 to 2021
Full size & info: flic.kr/p/2qREua9 🧪🔭
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
8 frames, captured by @esa.int Mars Express. It's stabilized on Phobos (Todd crater) to play with the disorienting effect.
All images below ⬇️
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Holy cow this is spectacular news
March 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Holy cow this is spectacular news
What does Usha think when she sees Vance saying that brown people are criminals and when he hangs out with Nazi parties?
February 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What does Usha think when she sees Vance saying that brown people are criminals and when he hangs out with Nazi parties?
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Professor Smyth is followed by David Smith from Buglife, who is highlighting some of the key impacts of light pollution on invertebrates.
He says research has shown a 52% decline in caterpillar populations in areas with streetlights...
He says research has shown a 52% decline in caterpillar populations in areas with streetlights...
January 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Professor Smyth is followed by David Smith from Buglife, who is highlighting some of the key impacts of light pollution on invertebrates.
He says research has shown a 52% decline in caterpillar populations in areas with streetlights...
He says research has shown a 52% decline in caterpillar populations in areas with streetlights...
My family has a long connection with Dr. Chatterjee. Her teacher in school was my great-grandfather's brother. He was blind but she told me that he knew all the students by voice. Later, she was my mother's teacher in IISc.
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Karnataka’s first woman engineer didn’t let anything thwart her PhD dream—even WW2
Rajeswari Chatterjee wanted to pursue a PhD in the US, no small dream at the time. Every time she met a hurdle in the path, she merely shifted course, never straying from her goal.
theprint.in
January 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
My family has a long connection with Dr. Chatterjee. Her teacher in school was my great-grandfather's brother. He was blind but she told me that he knew all the students by voice. Later, she was my mother's teacher in IISc.
theprint.in/theprint-pro...
theprint.in/theprint-pro...
I gave Musk the benefit of doubt yesterday but, since then, he and his friends have been gaslighting us. Instead of an apology, we are told that we didn't see what we saw and shame on us for thinking anything evil.
January 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I gave Musk the benefit of doubt yesterday but, since then, he and his friends have been gaslighting us. Instead of an apology, we are told that we didn't see what we saw and shame on us for thinking anything evil.
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🧪The Japan Meteorological Agency global average surface temperature value for 2024 has been posted. The annual anomaly of the global average surface temperature in 2024 was +0.62°C above the 1991-2020 average, and was the warmest since 1891.
January 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🧪The Japan Meteorological Agency global average surface temperature value for 2024 has been posted. The annual anomaly of the global average surface temperature in 2024 was +0.62°C above the 1991-2020 average, and was the warmest since 1891.
I'm skeptical that there will ever be more than 30 people on Mars but, still, good to go there.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘I think there is life there. Today’: the race to put a human on Mars – in pictures
Ever since the first fuzzy images of its surface were captured in 1964, Mars has sparked imaginations worldwide. As Nasa publishes its photographic archives of the red planet, will Elon Musk’s wild pr...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I'm skeptical that there will ever be more than 30 people on Mars but, still, good to go there.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
I wish the journalist would just write about the interesting results and not try to bring politics into what should be an interesting academic work.
theprint.in/india/stalin...
theprint.in/india/stalin...
Stalin to back 'TN Iron Age parallel to Indus Valley Bronze/Copper Age' theory with carbon-dated samples
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin is expected to release report, which relies on carbon dating of samples excavated from various sites, at a technical seminar after Pongal, it is learnt.
theprint.in
January 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I wish the journalist would just write about the interesting results and not try to bring politics into what should be an interesting academic work.
theprint.in/india/stalin...
theprint.in/india/stalin...
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On this day in space, January 1959, the USSR launched Luna 1, the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity and pass near the Moon.
📸 RIA Novosti archive, image #510848 / Alexander Mokletsov
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📸 RIA Novosti archive, image #510848 / Alexander Mokletsov
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January 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
On this day in space, January 1959, the USSR launched Luna 1, the first spacecraft to escape Earth’s gravity and pass near the Moon.
📸 RIA Novosti archive, image #510848 / Alexander Mokletsov
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📸 RIA Novosti archive, image #510848 / Alexander Mokletsov
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