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Space poetry
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Lunar and Planetary Science Inspires Out-of-This-World Poetry

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 19 March 201811 January 2022

Writing a haiku to accompany your abstract is a long-standing tradition of the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Here are some of our favorites from this year’s program.

Scientists use everyday objects.
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Ten Everyday Objects That Can Be Used for Science

by Melissa Tribur7 March 201827 October 2022

Need a way to store sediment cores or grind up soil? These scientists have your answer.

Rock hammer flashdrive
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When Your Weird Science Gets Stopped at Airport Security

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 1 February 201813 October 2022

“Gamma ray spectrometer,” “rock hammer,” and “putty knife” are not phrases that airport security likes to hear.

Let geoscience data engage your senses in a new way: through the power of music.
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Dropping the Beat with Some Geoscience Data

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 January 2018

Listen to the music of the ice, the turning of the planets, the ringing of rings, the rockin’ of quakes, and the mournful tones of global warming.

Wheat fields painting
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A Window into the Emerging Anthropocene…Through Art

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 9 January 20184 October 2022

Want a snapshot of how humans have been changing their landscapes since the Industrial Revolution? Look at artwork at a local museum, one geoscientist says.

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If Scientists Had a Time Machine: No. 1

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 29 December 2017

Where would you go?

Surf’s up!
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Sketch Your Science: Our Guesses About Your Sketches

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustratorMohi Kumar headshot by JoAnna Wendel and M. Kumar 18 December 20174 October 2021

Eos staff do their best to guess what scientists were drawing on the Sketch Your Science wall at the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in New Orleans, La.

Jovey McJupiterface as seen by Juno
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Jovey McJupiterface and Other Flights of Whimsy via JunoCam

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 7 December 2017

Jupiter has van Gogh skies, kaleidoscope geometry, and fearsome dragons, if you can just look at the planet with an open mind.

heart-shaped rock
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Love and Eos Make the World Go Round

by D. I. Nelson 14 February 201214 February 2019

A scientist tells the story of how Eos brought her and her husband together.

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