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Education & Careers

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Are the Geosciences Failing Their Qualifying Exam Goals?

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Eric Davidson 29 May 202429 May 2024

Scientists favor data-driven reasoning but administer graduate student qualifying exams with surprisingly little guiding data. Re-examining these exams may advance educational equity and quality.

2017 NASA astronaut candidates and their field instructors hike as a team. at Meteor Crater in Arizona.
Posted inFeatures

The Art of Doing Fieldwork on the Moon

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 23 May 202412 August 2024

How ­early-career planetary scientists are preparing to support the astronauts who will return to the lunar surface and beyond.

An ice floe floats in the Amundsen Sea close to the shore of West Antarctica.
Posted inFeatures

Confined at Sea at the End of the World

by Sofia Moutinho 23 May 202423 May 2024

Embedded on a research cruise in the Antarctic, a journalist joins a scientists’ “summer camp.”

Un niño aprende sobre polinización en el TierraFest 2023
Posted inNews

Geociencias para los jóvenes (y los de corazón joven) en el TierraFest

by Roberto González 3 May 20243 May 2024

El festival de ciencias de la Tierra más grande de México tendrá nuevas actividades para acercar a las infancias a la ciencia, pero personas de cualquier edad también están invitadas a disfrutarlas.

A kid learns about pollination at TierraFest 2023.
Posted inNews

Geoscience for the Young (and Young at Heart) at TierraFest

by Roberto González 30 April 20243 May 2024

Mexico’s largest Earth science festival will debut special activities to engage children in science—although audiences of all ages are welcome to enjoy them.

Illustration of a lander, rover, helicopter, launch vehicle, and satellite on Mars
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Mars Mission’s Monetary Roller Coaster Hits New Lows

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 24 April 202424 April 2024

In February, the NASA research center laid off more than 500 people, citing congressional budget uncertainties over the controversial Mars Sample Return mission. What is its path forward?

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Posted inEditors' Vox

Foundations in Hazards and Disasters for Undergraduate Students

by Bethany D. Hinga 22 April 202423 April 2024

A new textbook for undergraduates explores different types of natural hazards and disasters through foundational scientific knowledge, engaging case studies, and mitigation strategies.

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Impulsando el apoyo para estudiantes y profesionales en etapas tempranas de sus carreras

by Paige Becker, Danyka Byrnes, Caitlyn Hall and Yuhan Rao 29 March 202429 March 2024

Los grupos de estudiantes y profesionales en etapas tempranas de sus carreras (E&PETCs) pueden construir comunidades, impulsar cambios equitativos en las instituciones y promover el bienestar de las personas que recorren, los muy a menudo, caminos tortuosos hacia carreras científicas.

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Posted inFeatures

Eclipse Science Along the Path of Totality

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 26 March 202426 March 2024

When a total solar eclipse sweeps across the United States on 8 April, scientists and enthusiasts alike will be there to document it.

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La música de las esferas del siglo XXI

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 7 March 20247 March 2024

Científicos y artistas están dando voz a todo, desde planetas hasta agujeros negros, enriqueciendo la experiencia de la investigación y acercando las maravillas del universo a nuevas audiencias.

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