I don’t know what to say!

There was an enormous step forward in human capability today. Makes me even more excited for our collective future. Congratulations to all SpaceX!

Holy shit

In praise of mystery ✨ After a successful launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, NASA Europa Clipper is on its way from our ocean world to another to see if Jupiter's moon Europa has conditions suitable for life: go.nasa.gov/3Ua0OnV

On Tuesday I had the privilege to present on online talk in the NOAA seminar series. This talk focuses on my research group's work on allopatric speciation in North American freshwater fishes. players.brightcove.net/659677166001/4…

UNIVERSITY | A report from Yale’s Committee on Institutional Voice, adopted in full by University President Maurie McInnis, advises that Yale leaders largely refrain from commenting on topics of public importance. yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/10/3…

Tired of flattened early bird fossils? Today is your lucky day. Very happy to finally welcome 'Navaornis hestiae' to the world! It allowed us to see for the first time a (near)complete enantiornithine brain. Today in nature: nature.com/articles/s4158… #spinningskull

SpaceX teams continuing to make the nearly impossible look easy!

Thrilled to share: out now in nature (!) & just in time for US Thanksgiving, the dinosaurian history of how your turkey does the twist. Fibular reduction enabled mid-drumstick mobility, unlocking extreme knee long-axis rotation in theropods 🍗🦖🧵 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Something old and something new in electric propulsion 🚀 The lower box is one the earliest spacecraft ion thrusters (from EOS circa 1962), and on top is a new arrival, a modern marvel from the SpaceX Starlink satellites used for on orbit maneuvering. SpaceX has mastered Argon

Great science + helps properly to balance conservation and human progress.

New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today's NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. The second stage is in its final orbit following two successful burns of the BE-3U engines. The Blue Ring Pathfinder is receiving data and performing well. We lost the

Congratulations to the Blue Origin team for reaching orbit!

Let us strive that ever we may let these words our watch-cry be. My latest: yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/01/2…

Today, @BoomAero’s XB-1 made its first supersonic flight, becoming the first civil supersonic jet made in America to break the sound barrier. Congratulations to Boom Supersonic on this achievement, which is a milestone in the company’s goal of creating a supersonic airliner.

This guy is the real deal. Good investment by XPRIZE

A good, rational end-of-year message from Yale University President Maurie McInnis, emphasizing the university’s commitment to free exchange of ideas. president.yale.edu/posts/2025-04-…

Was the key to bird flight 'all in the wrist'? New research, published today in Nature, shows that important adaptations for flight in the wrists of modern birds were present in bird-like theropod dinosaurs . 🧵 Illustration by Hank Sharpe

Feeling the incalculable loss of Mark Norell (1957-2025): wonderful scientist and cherished friend. His influence will continue through his many mentees and the science he did and inspired.

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