In our latest #SETILive #podcast, Professor Dagomar Degroot talked about his new podcast, The Climate Chronicles. Climate influences life and evolution, which makes it important in the search for life beyond Earth. One possible reason? Evolving intelligence in response to climate stresses. Listen to the full podcast: https://www.seti.org/seti-live
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#PPOD: GLASS-z12 (formerly GLASS-z13) is one of the oldest galaxies ever seen, dating back to 350 million years after the Big Bang. It was discovered in data collected by NIRCam on NASA's JWST in 2022. The youngest galaxy discovered to date is JADES-GS-z14-0, which is 50 million years older than GLASS-z12 and was discovered in JWST data in 2024. Credit: NASA/STScI/GLASS-JWST program: R. Naidu, G. Brammer, T. Treu
If you're a science communicator working in Canada, don't miss this timely virtual discussion! This expert panel will help make sense of what's happening in US science and its implications for Canadian science communicators (and in general, everyone who cares about science):
https://sciencewriters.ca/event-6143314
#scicomm #canada #science #scientist #journalism
sciencewriters.caScience Writers and Communicators of Canada - What Canadian Science Communicators Need to Know About the Changing US Science Landscape
PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/press-release/what-if-we-find-nothing-our-search-life-beyond-earth
In science, sometimes, even not finding something can yield important insights. When scientists search for life on exoplanets, they often focus on specific features, such as signs of water or gases like oxygen and methane, that might indicate biological activity. This study shows that if scientists examine 40–80 planets and find no signs of life, they can confidently conclude that fewer than 10–20% of similar planets harbor life.
Cars have reshaped our cities, our jobs, and our relationship with the world. They are an extension of us. But what would happen if we took our hands off the wheel? From the Model T to autonomous taxis, this week we go Vroom! on Big Picture Science.
Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/vroom
Fielding suggestions for part of my final project I'm doing for a Science Communication course: What are your favourite pieces of visual (i.e., film or TV) fictional media depicting infectious disease outbreaks/epidemics/pandemics?
#InfectiousDiseases #InfectiousDisease #Epidemiology #SciComm #ScienceCommunication
PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dzL47rncyNYtsapqRaRft?si=8beceb39f86a453a
Recently, Dr. Franck Marchis joined Silicon Zombies to talk about the cutting edge of space exploration, the future of decentralized sky observation, the search for alien life, and how citizen science is shaping the New Space Era.
https://www.seti.org/climate-chronicles-exploring-earths-climate-history-professor-dagomar-degroot
In a recent SETI Live, Professor Dagomar Degroot from Georgetown University joined Beth Johnson for an enlightening conversation about The Climate Chronicles podcast. The podcast focuses on the Earth’s climatic evolution, spanning 50 million years, to shed light on what history can teach us about the climate crisis we face today.
SETI InstituteThe Climate Chronicles: Exploring Earth's Climate History with Professor Dagomar DegrootTo spread awareness that “climate change isn’t just an environmental issue; it’s a human story woven into the fabric of our civilization’s rise and fall,” Georgetown University historian Professor Dagomar Degroot recognized the need for a dynamic medium, leading to the creation of the podcast, The Climate Chronicles.
#ICYMI: https://youtube.com/live/rZWRA1asJ-c
In a recent study, Dr. Janice Bishop of the SETI Institute, along with postdoctoral researcher Adomas Valantinas from Brown University, propose that Mars' characteristic red hue is primarily due to ferrihydrite—a water-rich iron oxide mineral—rather than the previously assumed hematite. In this week's #SETILive, planetary scientist Beth Johnson chatted with Dr. Bishop about the evidence for ferrihydrite and what it could have meant for life on Mars.
Planetary Society Book Club: Author Nathalie Cabrol's "The Secret Life of the Universe" https://www.planetary.org/video/nathalie-cabrol-the-secret-life-of-the-universe
Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, joined Planetary Society's Mat Kaplan to discuss her excellent book, subtitled "An Astrobiologist’s Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life." It traces the full spectrum of our search for answers to the two great questions: Where do we come from? And are we alone?
The Planetary SocietyPlanetary Society Book Club: Author Nathalie Cabrol's "The Secret…The Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute joined us to discuss her excellent book, subtitled An Astrobiologist’s Search for the Origins…
Scientific Institute, France, newsletter online, subscription: email-address. Scientific Institute, Germany, newsletter online, subscription: email-address, full name, full home address, telephone number.
Guess whose info has a chance of ending up in my podcast?
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Suche nach #SciComm-Profilen im Fediverse? Dieses #Starterpack enthält Mastodon-Accounts von Universitäten, Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen im deutschsprachigen Raum. 
fedidevs.comAkademische Institutionen im deutschsprachigen Raum - Mastodon Starter PackUniversitäten, Hochschulen, Forschungseinrichtungen.
Wird laufend erweitert, keine Garantie auf Vollständigkeit.
Angelegt von Melanie Bartos, Wissenschaftskommunikatorin an der Universität Innsbruck und Moderatorin der dortigen Instanz social.uibk.ac.at.
IN-PERSON EVENT: https://www.seti.org/event/new-worlds-analyzing-atmospheres-exoplanets-james-webb-space-telescope
On Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2025, at 7 pm (PDT), Prof. Jonathan Fortney (U. of California, Santa Cruz) will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled:
"New Worlds: Analyzing the Atmospheres of Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope"
in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, in Los Altos.
The talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, now in its 25th year.
Ein sehr, sehr großes Stück deutscher Medien- und WissKomm-Geschichte verschwindet: aus dem Coronavirus-Update wird ab nächster Woche 11KM Stories.
Halte ich ehrlich gesagt für keine gute Entscheidung. Aber muss am Ende die Redaktion mit sich ausmachen.
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/Coronavirus-Update-wird-11KM-Stories,audio1844906.html
www.ndr.deCoronavirus-Update wird 11KM StoriesNach fünf Jahren wird aus dem Coronavirus-Update jetzt 11 KM Stories, ein Feed für spannendes Storytelling.
Forschende, die über kontroverse Themen sprechen, sind oft Anfeindungen ausgesetzt. The Royal Meteorological Society & Metoffice bieten mit ihrem Toolkit wertvolle Tipps für sichere & effektive Kommunikation mit Medien & auf Social Media.
Wissenschaftskommunikation.deScience Communication – opportunities and challenges: A toolkit for scientistsForschende, die sich öffentlich zu gesellschaftlich umstrittenen Themen äußeren, werden häufig in Frage gestellt oder sogar angefeindet. The Royal Meteorological Society und der meteorologische Service Met Office geben Tipps für heikle Kommunikation mit Journalist*innen und auf Sozialen Medien. Besonders Klimaforschende werden häufig angefeindet, wenn sie über ihre Forschung sprechen. Um diesem Problem zu begegnen, haben […]
“Public health officials aren't skilled in information warfare,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of Brown University’s Pandemic Center.
“They have to get people to understand the importance and value of getting vaccinated, but battling information warfare is not what we're taught in public health school.”
Al Jazeera · Faced with measles, Texas healthcare workers confront ‘information warfare’
https://www.seti.org/swiss-army-knife-sun-new-simulation-method-unlocks-solar-secrets
An international team of researchers from the SETI Institute, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab (LMSAL), Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), and the University of Geneva wanted to build a more accurate and efficient computer model to understand the Sun’s atmosphere and better predict how it affects Earth and its technology.
SETI InstituteA Swiss Army Knife for the Sun: New Simulation Method Unlocks Solar SecretsAn international team of researchers from the SETI Institute, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab (LMSAL), Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), and the University of Geneva wanted to build a more accurate and efficient computer model to understand the Sun’s atmosphere and better predict how it affects Earth and its technology. This effort was initiated by Quentin Wargnier, who moved to the start-up Green14 as an engineer responsible for simulations. The team developed a groundbreaking "Swiss army knife" for solar simulations to manage the Sun's complexity.
Read the winning articles from the Loyola University Chicago Program for Neuroscience and Society’s journalism competition. Loyola undergrads report on topics related to addiction, neuromarketing, and depression. The second round of the Neuroscience Journalism Competition is open now, through May 15. Students at universities nationwide are invited to submit!
#neurosociety #scicomm #neuroscience #neuroethics
https://dana.org/article/empowering-student-journalism-on-neuroscience/
Dana FoundationEmpowering Student Journalism on Neuroscience
Attention #science communicators! There are still a few days to apply for a cool #scicomm #job at the ESO Supernova Planetarium here in Garching bei #Munchen.
If you're passionate about getting audiences of all ages excited about #astronomy and you're fluent in both English and German, apply here: https://recruitment.eso.org/jobs/2025_0019
ESO/P. Horálek
#PPOD: Super Typhoon Trami was the twenty-fourth tropical storm and the tenth typhoon of 2018's annual storm season in the western Pacific. Wind speeds peaked at 260 km/h, the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane on NOAA's scale. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst captured the eye of the massive storm from the International Space Station. Credit: ESA/Alexander Gerst
