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And this. My experience also supports that being *more* open about racist, sexist, and ableist histories of our fields is more engaging, not less, for students (and faculty) from minoritized backgrounds. Transparency can only enhance rigor.
December 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
yes, glad to read it.
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Actually the JTF funds a lot of human evolution and evolutionary biology research w/no constraints or requirements to engage religion. Major programs in evolutionary and human sciences (like those at Arizona State U and St. Andrews U) and many, many scientists receive such funding from JTF.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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You can access the article for free here:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy - Nature
Rapidly growing satellite constellations pose a substantial threat to astronomical observations, with projections indicating that future space telescopes will have more than 96% of their exposures aff...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Humankind has launch more satellites in the past four years (2021 - 2025) than in the previous seven decades.

75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM