I work on Mars, the Moon, and Titan at @JohnsHopkins. Also @RNReserve @HMSPresidentRNR and former @OxfordPhysics. Ex-chair of @scientists4lab. (He/him)
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📢New paper alert!!
We analysed PhD recruitment processes in the geosciences, and developed recommendations for making the process more equitable.
Now out in @NatureGeosci: doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-0… (1/3)🔨🌋☁️
Great couple of days up on the Hill with @exploreplanets as part of the save VIPER campaign!
@Cosmic_Viper
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NEW: This time last year, something *big* roared in Greenland—and the entire world shook for nine days. It wasn't an earthquake, eruption, or explosion, or impact.
Scientists - with the help of the Danish military - have now found out.
Me @QuantaMagazine quantamagazine.org/how-did-a…
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A new study says the Red Planet is hit by meteorites more often than we thought, altering our age models.
New research by @NataliaWojcicka and others, comments by @space_quakes & Simone Marchi @SwRI, story by @astro_jonny. eos.org/articles/parts-of-ma…
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On February 20th, before the JHU postdoc union @hopkinspro_uaw went public, I had the honor of speaking representing postdocs at @TRUhopkins's picket that led to a successful bargaining agreement for grad workers. Now, it is the time for postdoc workers!
illsaidthoughts.xyz/SpeechTR…
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Scientists slam ‘indefensible’ axing of Nasa’s $450m Viper moon rover theguardian.com/science/arti…
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Farage will know that tonight has been the turning point. Away from him and his racism.
Great article from @michaelgreshko on VIPER’s cancellation in @sciam today!
Via @sciam: NASA seeks to cancel VIPER, a potentially revolutionary lunar rover. Instead, the agency now plans to launch literal deadweight in its place, for a total cost of about $800 million. Scientists are understandably outraged. By @michaelgreshko
scientificamerican.com/artic…
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An Open Letter To Congress Opposing #VIPER Cancellation That You Can Sign
nasawatch.com/artemis/an-ope… #NASA @NASA
The community has put together an open letter to Congress opposing the cancellation of the VIPER Lunar rover:
Signatures welcome! forms.gle/mf1HbfYibsojxnoSA
Absolutely horrific decision and an inditement on so many levels.
Years of work down the drain and many of us made career choices specifically predicated on this being a key mission in the roadmap to the Moon.
After a comprehensive review, we are discontinuing development of our VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. We are committed to studying and exploring the Moon, and will pursue other methods to accomplish many of VIPER's goals: go.nasa.gov/3W0WSWI
ALT NASA's VIPER - short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover - sits assembled inside the cleanroom at the agency's Johnson Space Center.
A potentially interesting signal from yesterday's New York/New Jersey meteor!
Recorded on a @raspishake in NJ. Timing fits, infrasound waveform looks like a potential boom from atmospheric entry?
Amazing news!!
Johns Hopkins medical students to get free tuition after $1bn Bloomberg gift dlvr.it/T9Mzff
Our paper on the 'interstellar meteor' and its purported seismic signals (aka the truck) has now available online!
academic.oup.com/gji/article…
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Exclusive:
Staff at the University of Oxford have voted by a narrow margin to overturn the removal of its £75 graduate application fee, which was due to be scrapped from September
researchprofessionalnews.com…
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sadly a very close in person vote was lost by 142 votes to 138.
We need 50 signatures from members of congregation to secure a postal vote. Given how close the in person vote was and the large number of academics tied up in exam processes we will press for this.
Turns out @UniofOxford will be voting next week on rolling back the abolition of the graduate application fee.
Very disappointed - but we will fight it! Reminded of this awesome group of individuals from the 2020 vote.
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As someone who is not an academic in the University but tries to pay attention; my concern is that the original motion was put in good faith and attempted to give sufficient time to allow mitigation; that good faith feels rather used here with such an 11th hour intervention
FML really?! They’ve had five years to plan for this.
SO ANGRY.
It seems @UniofOxford will now vote on whether to U-turn the success achieved by @MikeVolc and @space_quakes re: the abolition of the graduate fees. Is there already a counter-proposal? It seems odd to request this at the 11th hour, right before enacting the policy.
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It seems @UniofOxford will now vote on whether to U-turn the success achieved by @MikeVolc and @space_quakes re: the abolition of the graduate fees. Is there already a counter-proposal? It seems odd to request this at the 11th hour, right before enacting the policy.
This is rather chilling. Not the way one hopes that advisory boards would see their members treated.
BREAKING: Chair of @ResEngland EDI advisory group at heart of Michelle Donelan libel row resigns
Kamna Patel accuses national funding agency of “mollifying politicians” and showing “no care” to advisers
Free to read: researchprofessionalnews.com…
