"Under President Trump’s bold leadership, every tool in the executive fiscal toolbox has been utilized to achieve real savings," Vought writes in the intro to the budget proposal, literally one paragraph after outlining the request for *A 44% INCREASE* in defense funding.

"The process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose. ... If you really, truly hate writing, if the only way you can do it is by using a plagiarism machine, maybe it’s just not for you." 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Grateful to have a boss who alerts the team when the annual Peep art award winners are announced. Nothing to do with our work as a science news outlet,but everything to do with our roles as citizens of the world www.ramart.org/exhibit/peep...

Apply for the AGU journalism awards! news.agu.org/press-releas...

"Excitement at Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral was palpable for the Artemis II launch. People traveled from around the world to witness 6 million pounds of technology rumble and rise." www.spacefoundation.org/2026/04/01/a...

Me waking up this week while my husband is off watching the Artemis II launch.

So excited that this feature from the inimitable Kim—about, as one researcher put it, "the potential for Rubin Observatory to rewrite the textbooks"—is finally out today!

Say hello to our Local Reporting Network reporters! 👋 • Luis Valentín of Centro de Periodismo Investigativo • Jenna Carlesso of @ctmirror.org • @jacobmargolis.bsky.social of @laist.com • Paige Pfleger of @wpln.bsky.social • @wmariano.bsky.social of @wbur.org More on their investigative projects ⤵️

One criticism of the chapter is that it was authored by climate law/science experts. But "if you’re asking about the effectiveness of the measles vaccine, you would ask people who basically understand the clinical research,” one source said. “You don’t have an obligation to include anti-vaxxers.”

Exciting news—We've finally found a way to do a paid indie media bundle so you don't have to separately subscribe to so many newsletters. Now you can get a 30-day trial of @katelynburns.com @kattenbarge.bsky.social and my publications in your inbox for one [heavily discounted] price! Sign up now:

#PPOD: Seattle, Washington, is one of the cloudiest cities in the United States. But that infamous cloud cover is no match for the U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is designed to peer straight through clouds. 🧪

I was just watching a recorded interview I did with my grandma, who recently passed. When I asked "How do you hope to be remembered?" she said "Hopefully they remember how I am." And then, "I think everybody, because you're all in different places, different positions, will have different memories."

How strong is the lightning on Jupiter? Researchers turned to radio wave data from the Juno orbiter to find out. eos.org/research-spo...

Join us TODAY at noon for a Rapid Readout about the consequences of the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. @zhirji.bsky.social, reporter at @bloomberg.com, will outline projected ripple effects on the U.S. economy, as well as identify possible paths forward. 👀 Watch at www.eesi.org/livecast!

1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.

My family in CA is talking about how warm it is. My friends in AZ are basically melting. And here in CO, we're barely having a winter. Researchers say temps in the western U.S. are "completely off the scale for March" and "would be virtually impossible" w/o climate change. eos.org/research-and...

"The Agencies’ campaign of retribution must stop," the lawsuit states. "It offends the nation’s most fundamental principles and yields a series of ongoing unconstitutional, arbitrary, and capricious actions."

This overlooked ecosystem holds as much carbon as 20% of the Amazon Rainforest, according to a new analysis of its dense, wet soils. eos.org/articles/the...

“We’re fighting to save science, we’re fighting to protect health, and we’re fighting to defend democracy,” @cdelawalla.bsky.social, founder of @standupforscience.bsky.social, about today’s Stand Up for Science rallies. eos.org/articles/tho...

"Look, this is what we found," said one researcher. "It’s gigantic."

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

This is such a great story from Korena.

This is what it feels like to know things.

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President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin are holding a press conference to announce the repeal of the Endangerment Finding at 1:30 p.m. ET. Follow along here for live updates. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cSW...

You're telling me that's not a banana

"And yet portions of the Trump administration and MAGA fight on, insisting that Bad Bunny has been humiliated, Kid Rock and his jorts have been vindicated, and the whole thing has in fact gone extremely well."

A deeper dive into the GRFP applications being "returned without review" (and without explanation).

This is really interesting, though I'm curious how many people consider "asking a chatbot" to be "doing their own research." At the same time, actually, I don't want to know. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

"I miss my friends, and I feel like they're going to forget me...I always travel with my tourist visa, but ICE used me to capture my mom, and now I'm in a jail and I'm sad and I've fainted two times." Powerful reporting on unconscionable actions.

Many students said they were careful to avoid "banned words" in their GRFP applications, but in some cases it was unavoidable. Now they're wondering if these words led to their RWR notifications. “My project is about bears and ‘black’ is a trigger word,” one Redditor wrote. “Insane.”

cool. glad we protected her identity at least www.404media.co/the-doj-reda...

"You may be skeptical about machine-written work at first, but once you see the software rearranging familiar-seeming paragraphs into different orders and changing a few words, you’ll realize it’s a suitable replacement for your favorite authors, who can now rest and starve."

"The newspaper's finances are barely a rounding error compared to Bezos's wealth, but what its journalists do—accountability journalism about the rich and powerful—does not serve someone who is rich and powerful." @jasonkoebler.bsky.social for @404media.co www.404media.co/the-washingt...

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Sunrise reveals the snow-covered landscape across the Carolinas this morning.❄️ Northwest winds are pushing cold air out over the Atlantic - leading to the expansive clouds we see from our NOAA GOES-19 satellite.🛰️ weather.gov

We're doing a reddit AMA! right now! come! www.reddit.com/r/technology...

“I can’t think of a better incubation environment for transmission of measles than a detention facility,” said Jeanne Marrazzo, CEO of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

It’s salty. It’s full of carbon. Its upwelling may have helped end the last ice age. It’s…the salty blob! Thanks to @ocnogrphr.bsky.social for sharing his work with me.🧂🌊 eos.org/articles/how...

I don't think people appreciate the extent to which coral reefs are screwed. Even if ocean acidification doesn't get them, increasing ocean temperatures will. How screwed they are is up to us.

NCAR represents what is possible when a nation chooses to invest in science as a public good, writes @carlonimbus.bsky.social of @ucs.org. #SaveNCAR eos.org/opinions/wha...

Stroke risk doesn't seem to change much whether people are exposed to 1, 2 or 3 years of non-smoke PM2.5 pollution. “But for smoke, this picture is very different,” said Yang Liu. "The longer you’re exposed to smoke, the greater your stroke risk.” New from me in @eos.org. eos.org/articles/wil...

A striking statement: "The Minneapolis Police Department went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds and hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone."

“Groundwater is literally everywhere all the time,” said Laura Condon. "Some places it’s 300 meters deep, some places it’s 1 meter deep. But wherever you’re standing, dig down, and there’s water down there somewhere.” My latest for @eos.org. eos.org/articles/rep...

Today marks one year since Trump began his second term. In this report, look back at how the climate and environment, the federal workforce, and higher ed have fared so far. eos.org/state-of-the...

I heard a story on the radio that I really liked, and I wrote to the reporter to express my appreciation. This is the reply I received: "Thank you David - your appreciation note is rare and came right when I needed it." We should do this more often. Journalism is so important to a free society.

As Year 2 of Trump 2.0 starts, get a refresher on how the administration’s actions in its first year affected climate change and energy policy, public health and safety, the federal workforce, academia, and the environment. eos.org/state-of-the...

Scientists are still responding to the whirlwind of change unleashed in the past year. @eos.org hopes this report provides a framework to better understand these responses and help inform your own. news.agu.org/press-releas...

“Journalists have the right to do their jobs without fear of government interference,” said President Jon Schleuss. “Today’s FBI raid on a journalist’s home is a direct assault on the 1st Amendment and a threat to every working journalist. @postguild.bsky.social newsguild.org/the-newsguil...