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The lighter side of Earth and space sciences

Space poetry
Geology & Geophysics

19 March 2018

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

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.
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Scientists use everyday objects.
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7 March 2018

Ten Everyday Objects That Can Be Used for Science

Need a way to store sediment cores or grind up soil? These scientists have your answer.
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Rock hammer flashdrive
Geology & Geophysics

1 February 2018

When Your Weird Science Gets Stopped at Airport Security

“Gamma ray spectrometer,” “rock hammer,” and “putty knife” are not phrases that airport security likes to hear.
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Let geoscience data engage your senses in a new way: through the power of music.
Geology & Geophysics

25 January 2018

Dropping the Beat with Some Geoscience Data

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.
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Wheat fields painting
Geology & Geophysics

9 January 2018

A Window into the Emerging Anthropocene…Through Art

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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Geology & Geophysics

29 December 2017

If Scientists Had a Time Machine: No. 1

Where would you go?
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Surf’s up!
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18 December 2017

Sketch Your Science: Our Guesses About Your Sketches

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.
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Jovey McJupiterface as seen by Juno
Planetary Sciences

7 December 2017

Jovey McJupiterface and Other Flights of Whimsy via JunoCam

Jupiter has van Gogh skies, kaleidoscope geometry, and fearsome dragons, if you can just look at the planet with an open mind.
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heart-shaped rock
Geology & Geophysics

14 February 2012

Love and Eos Make the World Go Round

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