Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

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Reid Wiseman on #Artemis II: "We have Earth out window 4 and Moon out window 3... the Moon is about 3-4 times the size of the Earth and it is almost full, and the Earth is just a small crescent out there... it's magnificent... such a majestic view out here" Mission Control: "Amaze, amaze, amaze!"

It's dusty in here

NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA). It should be amazing to watch!

We pack a handful of folks into a tin can loaded with explosives. The computers are running Windows and the toilet is malfunctioning. We hurl them at a distant rock. Everything about where they are is deadly. And it is sublimely beautiful, one of the greatest things we’ve done as a species. #Artemis

Today started with baseball (and the best seats in Kauffman Stadium) and ended with brisket and martial arts movies with friends. 🥰

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

Crescent Earth as viewed by the Artemis II crew yesterday (April 4th). flic.kr/p/2s5Z9yc

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Speaking of horsies, this little guy gumming my hand is only two days old 😍

Since people seem to be extremely into the horse-cake photo...here are his 30th and 31st birthday cakes, and a before-and-after of him eating a slice. There was always singing and sometimes balloons. He died just short of his 34th birthday, a good, long life for a horse. Give the horse cake!

Once again it is time to contract your representatives: The FY27 budget request for NSF (see nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...) would get rid of the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

I was pleased to be invited to comment on this new paper on the genetic analysis of people buried in the Bury megalithic gallery grave in the Paris Basin as it saves me making a thread of my thoughts on here! rdcu.be/fbyll

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

So much this. Also, the tech bro mafia doesn't really like reading. They don't *appreciate* reading. So just because *they* can't spot the difference between good writing and bad writing, they think most people can't either.

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

The Trump admin is trying to roll back protections around Chaco Canyon, harming cultural resources and lands that communities fought decades to protect. Chaco is not for sale. I’ve taken on Trump before to protect Chaco, and I’m ready to do it again. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

“My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it.”

Incredible footage from a United Airlines flight of the Artemis II launch.

may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.

A few years ago, using palaeoproteomics, we identified a tiny hominin bone from Denisova Cave and named it Denisova 17 (D17). A rather unremarkable sliver. At the time, I wondered, could it be Denny’s sibling (the Neanderthal/Denisovan hybrid we had just reported)? Well, turns out: no. 🧵1/4

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This. I don’t use AI for any aspect of my writing or research.

Responses here are amazing.

🚨I couldn’t be happier to share that today I’m officially starting my own research group at the Human Origins Cluster of Excellence in Tübingen (@humanorigins.bsky.social)!🚨We’ll explore drivers of genetic, phenotypic and cultural evolution by integrating evidence from many fields in creative ways 🧬

Today began with a 6am BJJ class and rolls (dominated one, tied the next, then got destroyed by the instructor). Full day of teaching, mentoring, and writing. Now on a 4 hour round trip to western Kansas for Democratic Party activities preparing for the midterm elections. It’s the busy season!

Pickle says “happy Monday!”

Project Hail Mary is a beautiful brilliant film. But molecular biologists be warned there's a deeply disturbing scene midway through when Ryan Gosling's scientist places two eppendorfs directly next to each other in an otherwise empty unbalanced microcentrifuge & sets it spinning with wild abandon.

UCL's Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment invites Early Career Researchers for fellowship applications. Deadline: April 30, 2026. Details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/life-sciences/gee #postdoc

Pope Leo on Palm Sunday: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’ (Is 1:15).”

I’ve spent two summers there and this warms my heart. Incredible community. ✊🏻

#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!

View from the seats- it was a nice turn-out - 1200+ I heard. Good luck to him! #NoKings

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

Between the last #Nokings rally and this one, @colinmcroberts.bsky.social became a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Today he was a featured speaker at the rally in Manhattan. Ad astra per aspera! #stepup

patiently explaining to national political reporters that the people who organize No Kings are also doing the daily advocacy, voter registration, mutual aid, and immigrant defense, and that just because the cameras show up for the big crowd does not mean that work did not exist before and after

A 37x genome???? Holy cow!

the types of podcasts: a guide

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

I will always enjoy living in a town where John Brown is the local hero. #LFK

John Brown's Body Triangle

POV: You’re a BJJ school in Kansas. #IYKYK

Oh dear 😂😂😂😂😂

Earnestness is the counter to this awful historical moment. It’s the way out. Unabashedly caring about others, about community and ideas, speaking the truth, standing for values. People want to believe in something more than a group sneer that looks down at others. @aselrod.bsky.social nails it.

I am SO grateful to my hardworking colleagues for creating this agreement. I know what it took. Proud to be a #Jayhawk, proud to be #UnionStrong. Ad astra!

Oh hell yes, number stations are back in the news! www.wired.com/story/a-myst...

I don't care about Harry Potter. I do care about trans people. It's not hard.

Out today is our paper 'Genomic history of early dogs in Europe', in which we uncover the identity of the dogs that lived in Europe before agriculture—during the Paleolithic & Mesolithic periods: doi.org/10.1038/s415.... A thread ⬇️ (10) @biouea.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social