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Introducing: Election Year Story Time Picks

Introducing: Election Year Story Time Picks

N.B. This series has nothing to do with astronomy, but the future of science requires a nation with the capacity and the will to support science and nurture a highly educated populace. This year, 2024, is a presidential election year here in the United States. There...
Back in 2015, I knowingly blew up my life.

Back in 2015, I knowingly blew up my life.

Back in 2015, I knowingly blew up my life. That is not an exaggeration. That is not hyperbole. It is, quite simply, a thing I did because it was the right thing to do. At the time, I was at the top of my career. I’d just been awarded a $12 million grant. I was an...
NANOGrav: Fluctuations in space captured in real-time

NANOGrav: Fluctuations in space captured in real-time

Heading into the holiday weekend, social media exploded with news that a massive discovery was going to be announced on Thursday June 29 by the NANOgrav collaboration. This network of North American observatories had been watching the sky in radio light for over 15...
The echos of genetics

The echos of genetics

When I was in 8th and 9th grade, whenever my parents wanted to buy my grandmother something to wear, I had to try it on. That was the age I stopped growing taller, and she and I were the same height. She was a slight women and I was a gangly teen. Thin is not the norm...