By 2030, 1 in 4 women in developed countries will remain childfree. Up to 45% will be single by choice. Society will frame this as a crisis. Governments will panic over birth rates. This is about choice though… It's about women walking away from the roles that kept men comfortable and powerful.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Delighted, elated, thrilled, overjoyed… ❤️🫶🏻 On Monday I passed my viva and am now officially Dr Emma Harris!!! A huge thank you to anyone who’s been a part of my journey over the last 4 years - I’ve loved it! @nhm-london.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

My PhD viva is on Monday! I’m really looking forward to it, and excited to head back to London for a few days! I got my nails done this week so I’m feeling ready to go 💯 Oh, and Taylor Swift got all her music back… what a time to be alive 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Missing the sulfate-bearing unit - been about a month since I was last “on” Mars!

You can take the girl out of space…

Just finished day 3 of my new job & I am loving it! It was a bittersweet decision to take a step away from academia, and it definitely wasn’t a straightforward or easy decision. But the people, the team, the stability, the structure, the interesting work… 10/10 🫶🏻

I’ve had the best, most relaxing few days off after handing in my thesis. And tomorrow I’m SO elated to be joining the @metoffice.bsky.social as a foundation scientist!!! So excited to keep learning & evolving, and really looking forward to this next stage of my career. 🛰️☀️⛈️🌟

And just like that 🥹 Feeling so many emotions at once! A huge thank you to everyone @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social for their support the last 3.5 years. #PhDone

I hand in my PhD thesis tomorrow! Today I created my table of contents and my lists of figures & tables, checked my headings & all my captions. About an hour ago I formatted & compressed the PDF. So… that’s it! She’s good to go! #NearlyPhDone

2 days (!!) until I hand in my PhD thesis! Minor formatting setback. Every single reference had an incorrect DOI link… 7 hours later & I’ve updated them all 😮‍💨 Apart from that, it’s going well! Final formatting & read through tomorrow! #NearlyPhDone

3 days (!!!) until I hand in my PhD thesis! Today I compiled my entire thesis! It’s a complete, whole entity. And I’m so proud of it! #NearlyPhDone

5 days (!!!!!) until I hand in my PhD thesis. I bought a car today, and also read through 3 of 7 chapters. It’s been a good day! Tomorrow I’ll be reading through the other 4 chapters and attempting to put them all together into one document without crashing Word… pray for me! #NearlyPhDone

6 days (!!!) until I hand in my PhD thesis. I wrote my conclusions and abstract today. I’m??? Done??? Writing??? #NearlyPhDone

Absolutely obsessed with this pesky little (approx. 50 m) barchan dune that’s migrated over a little road in Peru & people have been driving around it making little tyre marks that look so similar to the rover tracks in HiRISE 🥹🥹

14 hours later and I’ve just finished going through comments on these chapters 😮‍💨 time for bed…

10 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. Working on perfecting my first few chapters today including my lit review and data & methods chapters. #NearlyPhDone

12 days to go. So much work to do. So many comments to action. So much formatting. “Alexa, play ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter” 🎤 I’m working lateeee, cos I’m a PhD studentttttt #NearlyPhDone

14 days (2 weeeeeeeeks!) until I hand in my PhD thesis! Today I sent 2 chapters to the MSL team that will be turned into papers later this year… and then I took the evening off to play Hogwarts Legacy :) #NearlyPhDone

16 days until I hand in my PhD thesis! Introduction ✅✅✅ That was my last chapter to write! Lots of perfecting to do, Lots of formatting to do, Not out of the woods yet but I can see the light now! #NearlyPhDone

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21 days until I hand in my PhD thesis (3 weeks?!?!!!) The last couple of days have seen a total overhaul of my final research chapter discussion and a much clearer conclusion! This weekend I’ll be writing my introduction - it’ll be short & sweet (i 🧡 u Sabrina) #nearlyPhDone

23 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. So it turns out ‘polish(ing) up figures’ entails realising a much better way to display the data & making a set of entirely new figures! Much to do! #nearlyPhDone

24 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. I just finished my discussion / synthesis chapter so all that’s left to write is my introduction! But first, I’m going to polish up some figures and revisit my literature review. Definitely getting there but definitely not done! #nearlyPhDone

28 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. They say a picture is worth a thousand words - in that case I wrote 3000 words today 🙌🏻 #nearlyPhDone

32 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. 1/4 of my discussion is written, and I’ve been making some figures for this section. I also made a cheeky little strat column for one of my research chapters because why not! This week I plan on finishing my discussion. #nearlyPhDone

33 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. Honestly? It’s getting pretty tough. I’m juggling wrapping up all three research chapters & writing my discussion. Hoping to make some good progress with my discussion today… then it’s just the introduction to write. 😮‍💨 #nearlyPhDone

38 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. This week I am working on my third and final research chapter - it’s 90% of the way there but this final push will be worth it! I have written 5/8 chapters now, but I can’t take my foot off the gas just yet 😮‍💨 #nearlyPhDone

40 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. I’ve actually taken the weekend off! Unheard of for me this year. I’ve enjoyed some rest & re-cooperation before my final six weeks. Tomorrow I’ll be adding some work to a research chapter that didn’t make the paper. #nearlyPhDone

44 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. This week I’m polishing up research chapters: re-reading, making figures look super pretty (easy to do on Mars), catching typos. Soon I’ll be moving on to writing my discussion chapter. 5/8 chapters written now. #nearlyPhDone

50 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. This week I’m finishing writing my final research chapter & starting to think about my discussion. Next week I’m polishing up a previous research chapter… it’s all coming together… slowlyyyy… #nearlyPhDone

55 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. Today I finished my literature review after making 16 figures over the past 3 days. This week I’m revisiting my past research chapters & making some final alterations! #nearlyPhDone

59 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. Today I collected the final results of my final research chapter! Over the next 2 days I have to make all the figures for my literature review chapter… wish me luck! Oh, and today I become an auntie for the 4th time 🫶🏻🥹 #nearlyPhDone

60 days until I hand in my PhD thesis 🫠 This week I’m finishing off my literature review & making some figures for my research chapters too. Two months doesn’t seem long enough right now but I’m #NearlyPhDone

A 33-images mosaic acquired two days ago by Curiosity, capturing an impact crater named “Rustic Canyon” Check out this post by @emmaharris.bsky.social describing the science program and operations of the rover on that day: science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44... #Mars Jan. 16, 2025 (Sol 4425) 🧪🔭

69 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. This week I was on Curiosity ops & blog writing - my final shifts on the mission 🥹 a huge thank you to everyone on the team who has made my PhD extra special. Here is my final Curiosity blog: Canyons, Craters, and Clasts science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-44...

Woohoo! Go Giulia! So well deserved!

80 days until I hand in my PhD thesis. The figures for my final research chapter are coming together really nicely this week, and I’ve decided to split my time & also work on crafting my literature review - it’s slowly getting there! #nearlyPhDone

Finalised my data & methods chapter over the weekend - currently on track I’ve just gotta stay there! My goal this week is to make some really nice figures for my final research chapter. #nearlyPhDone

2025 is the year I get my PhD. T-minus 12 weeks to go. Wish me luck. Today I’ve been figure making and planning the next 3 months. #nearlyPhDone #eekkkss

Curiosity has recently been driving alongside Texoli butte as shown in this wonderful Navcam I chose as the image for the most recent blog post science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-43...

Texoli butte looking beautiful 🙌🏻

First post celebrating my first first-author paper - hi bluesky friends 👋🏻 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....