The Starship Entity✨2026

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

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#StarTalk 🛰️ Why Neil Hates Parsecs www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWWQ...
What’s a parsec? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down space’s weirdest unit of measure. Learn how people came up with parsec and how Star Wars, once again, doesn’t understand science.

X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacity news.mit.edu/2026/x-rayin...
New research by MIT geophysicists could assist efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground.

New catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections made by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories news.mit.edu/2026/new-cat...
The latest crop of space-time wobbles includes a variety of heavy, fast-spinning, and lopsided colliding black holes.

Wonder served Harvard president well — Harvard Gazette Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped to deepen it.

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Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped deepen it.

Studying the genetic basis of disease to explore fundamental biological questions MIT Associate Professor Eliezer Calo’s work on craniofacial malformations has led to new insights into how ribosomes form and how they control protein synthesis.

Studying the genetic basis of disease to explore fundamental biological questions news.mit.edu/2026/studyin...
Eliezer Calo’s studies of craniofacial malformations have yielded insight into protein synthesis and embryonic development.

New insights into a hidden process that protects cells from harmful mutations A new study reveals how cells may activate a compensation system that can, in some cases, reduce the effects of potentially harmful genetic mutations. The findings could inform the development of new ...

New insights into a hidden process that protects cells from harmful mutations news.mit.edu/2026/new-ins...
Research reveals how cells may activate a compensation system that can reduce the effects of harmful genetic mutations. This could inform gene therapy development.

‘A moment of real possibility’ in Alzheimer’s care — Harvard Gazette Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide.

‘A moment of real possibility’ in Alzheimer’s care news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide

Nitrous oxide, a product of fertilizer use, may harm some soil bacteria An MIT study suggests the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide could be toxic to certain microbes at the plant root, perhaps influencing plant health.

Nitrous oxide, a product of fertilizer use, may harm some soil bacteria news.mit.edu/2026/nitrous...
While some N2O is produced naturally at the plant root, agricultural practices can increase its levels, to the detriment of some microbes that support plant growth

Aging independently, by design — Harvard Gazette Most older adults say they want to spend their golden years in their own homes. The reality is more complicated, says urban planning expert.

Aging independently, by design news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Most older adults say they want to spend their golden years in their own homes. The reality is more complicated, says urban planning expert.

Teagasc and UCC sign new Memorandum of Understanding www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
This MoU strengthens collaborative activity over the next five years across research, education and innovation in support of Ireland’s agri-food sector.

A winning formula for student project teams at MIT The teamwork, leadership, and communication skills developed in the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program enable MIT Edgerton Center project team leaders to be more effective. GEL’s courses and hands-...

A winning formula for student project teams at MIT news.mit.edu/2026/winning...
The teamwork, leadership, and communication skills developed in the Gordon Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program drive success of Edgerton Center project teams

New UCC research projects to bring STEM to communities nationwide | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

New UCC research projects to bring STEM to communities nationwide www.ucc.ie/en/news/2026...
The delivery of co-created school workshops on fossils and exploring how modern technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), contribute to more efficient agricultural systems

Trinity partners with Open Forum for AI to advance transparent and accountable AI systems www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
Helping to ensure that openness is built into the technology and the way it is deployed

Pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk to invest more than €430m in Co. Roscommon facility www.irishpost.com/business/pha...
The €432m investment will support the upgrade and retrofit of the existing tabletting facility in Monksland, Athlone

Personal tech, social media, and the “decline of humanity” news.mit.edu/2026/persona...
In Compton Lecture at MIT, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns of dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, and civic life, and urges curbs to tech use.

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RIPPLES IN THE CENTER OF A SUNSPOT: Quiet sunspot 4378 has not flared since it appeared a week ago. But is it really quiet? A new video of the sunspot reveals nonstop activity. Stare into the core and, behold, the ripples. Dave Wilson, Scotland Mar.6 spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

For one learner, online MIT courses are “like getting a Ferrari for the price of an electric scooter” Senior engineer Badri Ratnam has enhanced his education and career with 40 courses offered by MITx at MIT Open Learning.

For one learner, online MIT courses are “like getting a Ferrari for the price of an electric scooter” news.mit.edu/2026/online-...
Senior engineer Badri Ratnam has enhanced his education and career with 40 courses offered by MITx at MIT Open Learning.

Two Eclipses of Saros 133 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...
Centered on maximum eclipse, these two total lunar eclipse sequences look almost identical. Because these two total lunar eclipses are from the same Saros cycle.

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Ship 39 (yes, we ARE still calling it that) underwent additional cryoproof testing at Massey's ahead of Flight 12, all while work around Starbase prepared the SpaceX site for a hopeful increase in launch cadence this year.

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Congress Wants a Moon Base? | This Week in Spaceflight with @elysiasegal.bsky.social
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