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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 1d

This week in Science in the Movies, I showed three scenes from Jon Amiel's The Core (2003) to illustrate planetary interior properties.

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Fred Ramsdell (UCLA PhD 1987) is the ninth UCLA alum to receive a Nobel prize. Eight UCLA faculty have also earned the prize.

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 9d

This unflattering opinion of Brussels is hard to reconcile with my monthlong stays there in 2024 and 2025.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | My City Is the Heart of Europe, and It’s Not Doing Well

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 12d

It felt like extortion when federal grants to UCLA were suspended. This NYT opinion piece reinforces the feeling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 14d

I had the privilege of presenting a brief report on UCLA SETI activities at the annual IAA SETI Committee meeting yesterday, with updates to the search volume values in our paper bit.ly/AJ23

Search volume metrics for historical surveys and UCLA SETI

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 14d

The first week of my class Science in the Movies went well. Lots of fun demos and a few scenes from the movie Gravity to illustrate Newton's laws.

Covers of nine blockbuster movies used in the class Science in the Movies

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 19d

Science Magazine – NSF held captive
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Science Magazine - NSF held captive

In April, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced its latest class of graduate research fellows, a storied program dating from the agency’s earliest days that has fueled the careers of 50...

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · 26d

The Evpatoria radio telescope was used in occasional planetary radar studies, including the detection of asteroid Golevka (Gol-Ev-Ka), named after three radio telescopes.
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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Sep 14

www.astronomy.com/science/to-f...

Targeted SETI approach to find alien life

Targeted SETI approach listens for alien radio 'spillover' during planetary alignments, using Earth's deep space communications as a guide.

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · Sep 12

Venus is a Solar System enigma.

Although Venus is similar in size and distance from the Sun to Earth, it has evolved very differently from our planet.

Our #Envision mission will aim to solve some of the puzzle by thoroughly studying our closest neighbour.
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Top five Venus mysteries Envision will solve

Venus is a Solar System enigma. Similar in size to Earth and orbiting the Sun at a similar distance, it is remarkable how the two planets evolved so differently. While conditions on Earth allowed life...

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Opinion | Trump’s Policies Are Endangering Your Health

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Sep 8

Basic astronomy lesson courtesy of the New York Times
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Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date (Gift Article)

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 29

It should never be easier to access a gun than a vaccine.

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Aug 31

“They’re afraid that basic knowledge will expose their false claims.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...

Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Aug 19

This excellent piece describes the deceptive practices used by quacks to advance false claims. Beware! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)

Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.

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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · Aug 18

David Grinspoon confirms that his term appointment as NASA's Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy will not be renewed and the position itself is being eliminated. He'll participate in Wednesday's Astrobiology Update (which is listed on our Calendar).

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Opinion | Geometry Solves Gerrymandering

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Aug 7

Los Angeles Times op-ed from colleague Steven Furlanetto
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The true cost of abandoning science

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Aug 6

Good conversation about the position in which US universities find themselves:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/o...

Opinion | Universities Have Woken Up to Find They’re in Bed With an Ogre

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Jul 30

The Belgians have created a superb walking/biking trail around Brussels. Highly recommended! environnement.brussels/citoyen/lenv...

La Promenade verte : visitez Bruxelles à pied ou à vélo

La Promenade verte est un parcours encerclant la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. Profitez, à pied ou en vélo, d’un itinéraire de 60 km divisé en 7 tronçons.

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Jul 30

Science Magazine finally recognizes it was wrong to publish arsenic paper. www.science.org/content/arti...

Fifteen years later, Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper despite study authors’ protests

Belated decision on widely disputed 2010 study pleases some critics but puzzles and dismays others

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Jul 10

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...

Opinion | As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent

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Jean-Luc Margot @jeanlucmargot.bsky.social · Jun 29

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...

Opinion | In the Quest to Shrink NASA, Trump Forgets National Security

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Planetary Society will provide a NASA budget briefing on Thursday, June 12, at 12pm ET! We'll answer the top-rated scientific community questions, share everything we know, and give you our expert perspective on what's going on. Register for free here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: NASA Budget Briefing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join The Planetary Society's Space Policy & Advocacy team for a community briefing on the FY 2026 President's Budget Request for NASA. Participants will be able to submit questions during the briefin...

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