Mark In Space

I had a great time this weekend at the Wisconsin Book Festival talking about my new book, "The Year Science Changed Everything." Thanks to everyone at UW-Madison and the National Science Foundation's US Ice Drilling Program for making this possible!

Maybe, but I've never known a new station to use such a gigantic helo

I've been seeing massive military twin rotor sky crane helicopters in the sky today above Atlanta. Show of force to intimidate No Kings protesters?

Simply the best!

All true!

I just got a fundraising email from James Carville. James fucking Carville?? Are you shitting me, Democratic Party? That hopeless, pompous fuck up is still on the team??

I didn't contribute and I unsubscribed. This is a real problem for you.

3/ "Coordinated by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), its goals were ambitious: to study earth’s geophysical phenomena through coordinated global observations, advancing understanding about the atmosphere, oceans, sun, polar regions, and even outer space..."

2/ I asked for a book summary and here's what Perplexity AI spat out: "IGY (1957–1958) was a landmark international scientific initiative, involving thousands of researchers from across the world, transcending political boundaries amid Cold War tensions...

1/ I'm having a real metaphysical moment here... At my agent's suggestion I ran my new book,THE YEAR SCIENCE CHANGED EVERYTHING, through an AI tool (to sell more books, you know), & the result is kind of fascinating, but kind of weird. I am still processing...

I watch bad movies then read up on them to see what made them so bad. Lately I've noticed a weird trend where reviewers will write that a movie bombed, then add that, "in recent years, however, the film has developed a cult following." I call BS on the crap movie cults.

Today marks 15 years of marriage with this beautiful soul. How did I get so lucky?

This 4th of July seemed like a good day for Monica & me to tour the beautiful grounds of the Carter Center here in Atlanta and pay our respects to one of the most decent, honorable and admirable presidents we've ever had.

This 4th of July seemed like a good day for Monica & me to tour the beautiful grounds of the Carter Center here in Atlanta and pay our respects to one of the most decent, honorable and admirable presidents we've ever had.

Lately I've been preoccupied with my second book "The Year Science Changed Everything," so it was nice to see my first book at the local bookstore yesterday, displayed "cover out"!
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Maybe we should just give him the Nobel Prize and he'll go away.

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I'll post the time & day here once they're set, but in the meantime, you can read about my episodes at www.markoconnell.info

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1/ I love that once you're part of the Star Trek family, you're in forever! I just got an invitation from the good folks at the Treksperts Briefing Room podcast to talk about one of the Deep Space 9 episodes I wrote way back in the 1990s & I can't wait. It never gets boring!

269: Mark O’Connell, Author of The Year Science Changed Everything — Beth Mund Beth and Mark explore the ripple effects of this global effort, including the formation of the Antarctic Treaty, the surprising roots of the Artemis Accords, and what IGY can teach us about tackling t...

2/ At a time when science is under relentless attack, it's good to be reminded how absolutely awesome science really is. Go listen!

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1/ My interview on Beth Mund's "Casual Space" podcast is up! On this visit we talk about "The Year Science Changed Everything," my new book about the International Geophysical Year of 1957 and how it still benefits us every day.

Oh man I can't wait to listen to this episode !

269: Mark O’Connell, Author of The Year Science Changed Everything — Beth Mund Beth and Mark explore the ripple effects of this global effort, including the formation of the Antarctic Treaty, the surprising roots of the Artemis Accords, and what IGY can teach us about tackling t...

/2 ...then I learn that my appearance on the Casual Space podcast is being posted right now (yay)!, then I finally end the day on the phone with someone who has tantalizing info about one of my favorite unsolved UFO cases!
*whew*

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1/ Really bizarre day: started with a bumpy interview about my new science history book, then news that my Ancient Aliens episode premieres tonight, only to have that news retracted by Discover...

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2/ ...then I learn that my appearance on the Casual Space podcast is being posted like now (!), then I finally end the day on the phone with someone who has tantalizing info about one of my favorite unsolved UFO cases!

*whew*

1/ Really bizarre day: started with a bumpy interview about my new science history book, then news that my Ancient Aliens episode premieres tonight, only to have that news retracted by Discover...
www.bethmund.com/casual-space...

I'm psyched that I'll be giving a talk about my new book "The Year Science Changed Everything" at the Wisconsin Book Festival/Science Festival in Madison this October. I did this event when my first book came out and I loved it--the second time should be twice as fun!
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I recently did a fun interview about my new book, "The Year Science Changed Everything," with the ever-inspiring Beth Mund for her Casual Space podcast. We covered a lot of ground and had a lot of fun, and I can't wait for our talk to get posted!

Watch This Space!

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I had a wonderful birthday dinner with Monica last night at Kimball House in Decatur, GA.

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Of course, if you prefer it in hardcover, we can do that too:
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YouTube video by Jazz Funk Soul House Donald Fagen - I. G. Y. (International Geophysical Year) - 1982 (4K/HQ)

2/ ...and we all wear spandex jackets. I love Fagen's imagery, but he jumped the gun: IGY was really about 6K scientists around the world joining forces in 1957 to understand how the sun, the earth, its oceans & climate function together to keep us alive.

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1/ Because people ask, my book The Year Science Changed Everything was in part inspired by Donald Fagen's 1982 hit song "IGY"

IGY stands for International Geophysical Year, & Fagen imagines it as a future utopia where we "trust machines to make big decisions," cities are powered by the sun...