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How can we look at fossils and understand what creatures roamed the Earth millions of years ago?
How can we predict the behavior of materials deep within planetary interiors?
How can we reverse humanity’s impact on the global climate?
How can we predict habitats for life on other planets?
Doing impactful, innovative research requires training our brain to imagine the elusive unknown, even when bounded by scientific evidence. Now, more than ever in the history of human civilization, there is a pressing need to exercise our imagination muscles. Writing scientific fiction while accounting for the real science is a powerful way to do just that—to learn what is possible, what is probable, how we can change the future, and what our responsibility is to the future generation of our species.
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On April 16, 2025, the Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley held an Earth Science Showcase to share its work with the center and their families. As part of this event, kids were invited to share something they like about the Earth. These are their masterpieces. Sora U. Age 9.
- Lunar Space Station Module for NASA’s Artemis Campaign to Begin Final Outfitting
NASA continues to mark progress on plans to work with commercial and international partners as part of the Gateway program. The primary structure of HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) arrived at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona, where it will undergo final outfitting and verification testing. HALO will provide Artemis astronauts with space to live,
- An Air Parcel’s Journey Through the Stratosphere
The “age of stratospheric air” measures the speed of the global transport circulation in the stratosphere, which is crucial for understanding the distribution of important trace gases, like ozone.
- El conocimiento fluye de ida y vuelta en el TierraFest 2025
El TierraFest, el festival más grande de ciencias de la Tierra en México, adopta la diversidad como medio para compartir el conocimiento de nuestro planeta.
- A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement | Science
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allow the measurement and prediction of organismal …
- Distinct adipose progenitor cells emerging with age drive active adipogenesis | Science
Starting at middle age, adults often suffer from visceral adiposity and associated adverse metabolic disorders. Lineage tracing in mice revealed that adipose progenitor cells (APCs) in visceral fat undergo extensive adipogenesis during middle age. Thus, …
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 16, April 2025. <br/>
- Correction to Supporting Information for Li et al., Primed 3D injectable microniches enabling low-dosage cell therapy for critical limb ischemia
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 16, April 2025. <br/>
- Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01312-8Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives.
- My ‘woke DEI’ grant has been flagged for scrutiny. Where do I go from here?
Nature, Published online: 25 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01218-5My work in making artificial intelligence fair has been noticed by US officials intent on ending ‘class warfare propaganda’.