Ana Georgescu

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not escaping "space girl" allegations

Reported on everyone's favorite giant from this year's @aas.org meeting 🌟 #AAS247

Trump Declared a Space Race With China. The US Is Losing If you want to put people back on the moon, don’t gut the agency in charge of getting them there.

If you want to put people back on the moon, don’t gut the agency in charge of getting them there. www.wired.com/story/china-...

Below the Crown

Chess dungeon crawler, yeah
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

fat bear week this, federal duck stamp contest that. now mineral cup

there's a chill in the air, which only means one thing: it's time for white man murmuring music

Fundamentally the #Mars announcement NASA is making today boils down to: there could have been some chemical reactions in these ancient rocks that could have been mediated by living organisms. The word "could" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there. 🧪

I’ve learnt a lot of new things about the differences between Europe and the US in the past two years, but honestly the biggest surprise has been realizing that tuna pizza is not a thing in the US.

The GPSW is thrilled to announce our incoming Class of 2026! Welcome Laura Martin Agudelo, Zoe Beketova, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, Jamie Jiang, Lucie McCormick, Alex Megerle, and Julia Vaz. You can read about our new cohort here:

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Seven journalists are headed to grad school as 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Each will receive $6,000, thanks to the Brinson Foundation.

Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.

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A problem many over-hyped companies have: "This whole strategy—making enormous claims to guarantee wall-to-wall coverage in the press, only to later quietly correct such claims in an interview with a single publication—is not just dishonest, but also patronizing."

Read @sabs.bsky.social's story:

Do Not Be Bamboozled By The New Fluffy Mouse | Defector As I see it, there are a few unofficial laws of science journalism when it comes to covering new research. The first and most obvious is that outlets are more likely to cover a press release if it is ...

just because a fancy company says something doesn't mean we have to believe them, and in fact, we should not!
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