Absolutely devastating story about a gene-editing trial that killed a 6-year-old girl in China. A Nature paper from the researchers glossed over the death, and the researchers responsible have fallen silent in the family's demands to take accountability. www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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Sorry, I've been MIA. I've been a little preoccupied :) We're equal parts exhausted and enthralled with a new tiny human. She's full of spice, and I love her more than I knew I could. There will be more from me soon — I have new projects on the horizon that I can't wait to share with you!

Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast ⚒️ www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun...

U.S. tsunami warning system, reeling from funding and staffing cuts, is dealt another blow

Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast.

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Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.

For those who are curious about the #qld earthquake on Saturday morning here is an article in the @aunz.theconversation.com written by @deeninis.bsky.social and @mojtabarajabi.bsky.social - why does Australia get earthquakes when it isn’t close to any plate boundaries? Read to find out more.

Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces

Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.

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🧪⚒️ Have you seen our latest paper in Journal of Anatomy? We trace the origin of air sacs in pterosaurs back to their Triassic forerunners. Using micro-CT on the pterosauromorph Venetoraptor, we show invasive air sacs were in place before true pterosaurs.

Question for geologists studying zircons: I remember hearing that zircons are sometimes picked using a brush that has a single hair. But I can't find where I noted this in my interviews. Can anyone verify that this is a real scientific practice or am I just crazy?? ⚒️🧪🙏

My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · last yr.

NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.

Elon Musk's DOGE has spent the last several months dismantling the departments & agencies that regulate HIS businesses. Our report found that Musk has a direct business interest in over 70% of the agencies & departments DOGE targeted. The conflicts of interest are endless.

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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@aaup.bsky.social is leading the fight against the attacks of the Trump/Musk administration against science and free speech at Universities. if you are a faculty member, join them! I joined @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social in April! www.aaup.org

Jonathan Wosen@jonathanwosen.bsky.social · last yr.

The Association of American Universities and other groups looking to block NSF's 15% indirect cost cap just filed for a preliminary injunction. NSF is the third federal agency to try to cap research overhead payments. DOE and NIH are the other two (those efforts have been tied up in the courts).

Go for the science, stay for the worm BBQ. This is incredible!

Maya Wei-Haas, PhD@mayaweihaas.bsky.social · last yr.

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time (Gift Article)

Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava.

nytimes.com

It break my heart after reading a story like this today - such cool, exciting NSF research, and it's going to be lost. The world will be a much poorer place for it. Just imagine having fewer stories like this to read in the years to come: bsky.app/profile/maya...

Maya Wei-Haas, PhD@mayaweihaas.bsky.social · last yr.

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time (Gift Article)

Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava.

nytimes.com

This short story packs in a lot: Conflicts over oil/gas drilling near sacred lands, debates about genetics and the US legal system, genetic research's dark past/exploitation of indigenous peoples, and the smallest Pueblo tribe fighting to get their voices heard. My latest for @science.org

DNA traces Picuris Pueblo Tribe’s ancient ancestral ties to Chaco Canyon

The project could bolster tribal land rights and serve as a model for partnership between scientists and Indigenous communities

science.org

This short story packs in a lot: Conflicts over oil/gas drilling near sacred lands, debates about genetics and the US legal system, genetic research's dark past/exploitation of indigenous peoples, and the smallest Pueblo tribe fighting to get their voices heard. My latest for @science.org

DNA traces Picuris Pueblo Tribe’s ancient ancestral ties to Chaco Canyon

The project could bolster tribal land rights and serve as a model for partnership between scientists and Indigenous communities

science.org

I have a silly question — I've always pronounced Mafic like MAY-Fic, with the first part like the month MAY (As far as I can remember, all of my geo professors said it this way too?!) But I just saw that the Cambridge dictionary has the correct pronunciation as MAH-fic. Which way is right?? ⚒️

Are you planning to travel this year? Dreaming of the Caribbean? Sipping wine in Italy? Venturing around New Zealand? All these places (and many more tourist hotspots) are at risk of earthquakes. Check out my latest for @nytimes.com for tips on staying safe 🧪 ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes

Many popular vacation destinations, like California, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the Caribbean are in active quake zones. Here are tips for staying safe.

nytimes.com

Fellow intrepid travelers to earthquake places @mayaweihaas.bsky.social has ideas for readiness. It was fun share with her how I think about it. 🧪🥾 #travel #earthquake #adventure

Maya Wei-Haas, PhD@mayaweihaas.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you planning to travel this year? Dreaming of the Caribbean? Sipping wine in Italy? Venturing around New Zealand? All these places (and many more tourist hotspots) are at risk of earthquakes. Check out my latest for @nytimes.com for tips on staying safe 🧪 ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

What do you do if you’re in another country and you feel an earthquake? This concise, timely article from @mayaweihaas.bsky.social gives advice on how to be prepared for earthquakes when traveling. TL:DR - know before you go. ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes

Many popular vacation destinations, like California, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the Caribbean are in active quake zones. Here are tips for staying safe.

nytimes.com

Even if you don’t live in “earthquake country,” the places you travel to for work or fun may have earthquake hazards. Learn more here…

Maya Wei-Haas, PhD@mayaweihaas.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you planning to travel this year? Dreaming of the Caribbean? Sipping wine in Italy? Venturing around New Zealand? All these places (and many more tourist hotspots) are at risk of earthquakes. Check out my latest for @nytimes.com for tips on staying safe 🧪 ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

Are you planning to travel this year? Dreaming of the Caribbean? Sipping wine in Italy? Venturing around New Zealand? All these places (and many more tourist hotspots) are at risk of earthquakes. Check out my latest for @nytimes.com for tips on staying safe 🧪 ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes

Many popular vacation destinations, like California, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the Caribbean are in active quake zones. Here are tips for staying safe.

nytimes.com

Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests. "The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."

The Seattle Times@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social · last yr.

More details surface in Trump administration plan to cut national forests

A 4.3 and a 4.7 earthquake, two minutes apart, 2 km NNE of Reykjanestá in Iceland 15 minutes ago. Largest events in the current sequence up until now. 🌋⚒️ en.vedur.is/earthquakes-...

Impressive rupture 👇 for 28/03 #Myanmar #earthquake. Straight, simple. ⚒️ 🧪 It extends far to the south, much further than initially thought. Suggests that large part of segment broken in 1930 (Pyu quake) broke again. In addition to 1839 one of course. Congrats @zaxonlee.bsky.social for this work

@zaxonlee.bsky.social · last yr.

Update: Preliminary coseismic displacements of 2025 Myanmar earthquake from @CopernicusEU @ESA #Sentinel2 images by using #CosiCorr, processed by @NTU_TW GEOG #Copernicus 1. Rupture propagated from N to S 2. Max. offset >4m 3. Rupture length ~500km

Still hunting for anyone willing to share stories about experiencing earthquakes while they were traveling for a NYT story. Any leads or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Maya Wei-Haas, PhD@mayaweihaas.bsky.social · last yr.

Have you experienced an earthquake while you were traveling either in the US or overseas? I'd love to hear from you for a story I'm working on for the New York Times! Feel free to DM or email at: mweihaas@gmail.com ⚒️🧪

Have you experienced an earthquake while you were traveling either in the US or overseas? I'd love to hear from you for a story I'm working on for the New York Times! Feel free to DM or email at: mweihaas@gmail.com ⚒️🧪

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Have you experienced an earthquake while you were traveling either in the US or overseas? I'd love to hear from you for a story I'm working on for the New York Times! Feel free to DM or email at: mweihaas@gmail.com ⚒️🧪

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Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...