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10 February 2021

Cubist Geomorphology: Your Kinship with Picasso, Explained

Asked to imagine a modeled landscape, you probably wouldn’t first think of a Cubist painting. But Cubists and geoscientists may have more in common than meets the eye.
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5 February 2021

Si las Princesas Disney Fueran Científicas de la Tierra y el Medioambiente…

Bienvenidos a un universo alternativo donde el felices por siempre incluye una dedicación al método científico.
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Scientists Are Primed for Poll Positions

Scientists and science communicators can lend their expertise to a growing shortage of poll workers in the United States.
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Dune Universe Inspires Titan’s Nomenclature

Across the solar system, science collides with science fiction in literary ways.
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Communicating Science in Times of Pandemic

How can scientists use YouTube livestreams to help the public better understand scientific concepts?
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Six Ways Satellites Tracked COVID-19

A new database reveals dimmer cities, empty farming fields, and vacant ports.
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Big Science, Small Package: The Joys of Writing Science for Kids

Science writer Ilima Loomis, author of the new book Eclipse Chaser, shares her secrets for translating science speak for young audiences.
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9 January 2020

Binocular Astronomy

Explore the night sky with your own two eyes and a touch of magnification.
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6 September 2019

Extreme Life and Where to Find It

Life finds a way in the most extreme environments on Earth and sparks the imagination about far-off places where we may yet find it.
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Geology & Geophysics

4 September 2019

Was Ahab Truly “Lord of the Level Loadstone”?

Herman Melville’s bicentennial provides a good excuse to examine how well the Pequod’s monomaniacal mariner knew his geomagnetic magic.
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