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10k Reasons to Love Science: Making STEM Accessible Through XR with Laura Lynn Gonzalez Podcast Episode · Putman Podcast Pops · 05/13/2025 · 24m

Exciting news! Our CEO Laura Lynn Gonzalez is now featured in a podcast episode “10K Reasons to Love Science: Making STEM Accessible Through XR” sharing about our mission to inspire curiosity in science through immersive learning with Dr. Shannon Putman.

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This movie shows the bubbling surface of a distant star, as captured with unprecedented clarity by the ALMA observatory.

R Doradus is a huge star. Each of these bubbles is 50-75 times the diameter of our entire Sun! 🧪🔭

www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-rel...

STEM Day Join The Lawrence for one of our signature Five Dollar Days as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the National…

Tomorrow, join us at Lawrence Hall of Science's #STEMDay, for a #CRISPR & Sickle Cell VR showcase to celebrate the NSF’s 75th anniversary! Funding from NSF and NIH allows us to bring science research to life in VR for all ages – so come out and support science with us! 🧬

#NSF #NIH #scienceducation

The Future of Food and the Buzz of Science (18+) The Lawrence is abuzz with insect science! You’re invited for an evening of exploration of science both big and small!…

Join us TONIGHT (6–9pm) at the Lawrence Hall of Science for a special evening event: “The Buzz of Science”! Flaming firefly statues 🔥, talks on #bees, fire #ecology & insect #biodiversity – AND demo our VR experience to save Sunshine Creek from invasive Glassy-winged Sharpshooters. 🐝 See you there!

We got a lot of “wow”s and open mouths of amazement at the Oakland School for the Arts last week as we piloted our #CRISPR and Sickle Cell experience with classroom activities designed by the Lawrence Hall of Science. Real world feedback on 10k Science… truly inspiring! #VR #EduSky #iTeachBio

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

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www.propublica.org/article/trum...

URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.

For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.

We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)

Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.

GOOD NEWS, DORKS! YOUR voice matters. Research shows people still trust scientists — just the wrong ones.

But we can change that.

GET OUT THERE! SPEAK UP!

Read more below ⬇️

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

wow

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Spectacular work from the MICrONS project! We are learning so much from the amazingly detailed wiring diagram of the mouse visual cortex.

Pierce’s disease research saves wine producers $56m annually Without the program’s efforts, growers’ losses would more than double from $48 million to $104 million, according to University of California, Davis study.

More about Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter's impact on wine production: www.farmprogress.com/grapes/pierc...

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FYI: This bacteria causes Pierce's Disease, which is a huge problem for farmers - one UC Davis study estimates a total impact of around $50M in CA alone (It would be closer to $100M without the federally-funded efforts to control the infection) #supportscience #savescience

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Trouble in Sunshine Creek Experience — 10k Science

Dr. Liz Clark uses a particle accelerator to make scans of a tiny bug which wreaks havoc on cash crops like grapevines and olive trees. We worked with Liz to create the Trouble in Sunshine Creek experience - you can learn about plant biology and how the bug spreads bacteria. 🧪 #supportscience

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CRISPR & Sickle Cell Experience — 10k Science

We worked with Jennifer Doudna's
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social to create a 3D CRISPR experience: zoom inside a human body to see a treatment for sickle cell. We love working with scientists to make real science accessible to all - something that is needed now more than ever. 🧪

#supportscience

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, the path to a science career for students and researchers just got a whole lot harder.

Science is under attack. Budget cuts on research across the US are devastating for graduate students and research labs. We’ve seen this first-hand with scientists that we work with to create 10k Science content.

Thank you @wired.com and @chenmaggiesy.bsky.social for covering this critical moment.

This is 10x the budget of NIH that has already been lost to America, as Trump and Musk seek to gut the government for their personal profit.

Early update on Arcadia publishing 2.0: Scientists are in charge, speed is an issue · Reimagining scientific publishing Since starting v2 of our publishing model to restore scientist agency, pub “quality” has been similar, and this approach is more efficient overall. The major downside is that pubs take longer. We’re...

Early update on Arcadia publishing 2.0: Scientists are in charge, speed is an issue

An open letter from EPA staff to the American public "This is not about defending our paychecks. This is about protecting the health of our communities."

Pass it along. 🧪

www.ehn.org/epa-environm...

Amazing work! A new issue and a short thread 😎🧪🖥️🧬

Two months before their 75th anniversary, the National Science Foundation… | Amy Rodgers Two months before their 75th anniversary, the National Science Foundation no longer has a history office or historian.

🧪⚛️ NSF dismissed their chief historian. This is senseless. www.linkedin.com/posts/amysro...

This is one of the most incredible visualizations we've seen in years

Yi Ji, 4th year PhD at UC Berkeley, researches the impacts of wildfires on air quality. Yi built a 3D VR experience that shows the LA wildfire impact on air quality, and explains air pollutant effects on health.

See what the scientists made: 10k.science/bootcamp-3

#airquality #scicomm #sciviz

Hi Erik! We're showcasing the amazing work that some researchers have communicated in 3D VR. Chandrima has built a great demonstration of her structural biology research if you'd like to share in the Science feed! Thank you!

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Chandrima Majumdar (@c-majumdar.bsky.social), postdoc at UC Berkeley, depicts in 3D VR how her research uses #structuralbiology to understand the process and limitations of creating new #polymers using bacterial #ribosomes to create new materials.

10k.science/bootcamp-3

#scicomm #science #sciviz

What appears to be a massive flock of birds in red, purple and blue colours in a pale blue sky. Each "bird" represents a bird species, and their colour represents their conservation status from the IUCN Red List. Around one third of species appear to be near threatened, endangered or extinct

This dataviz is absolutely amazing 😍 Global bird species' conservation status displayed as a massive flock!

By Andrea Garrec, longlisted for the 2024 Information Is Beautiful Awards

www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/731...

#dataviz 📊🌏🧪🐦🦉🦆🦅

Bioscience Funding Confusion Threatens U.S. Innovation ‘With the current turmoil, China could surpass the U.S. in the near future,’ Nobel Prize winner David Baker warns.

"The unpredictability is particularly damaging for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who are at critical early stages of their careers, likely driving many away from careers in science, according to Baker."

@standupforscience.bsky.social #standupforscience

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@c-majumdar.bsky.social

Hi Erik! We have scientists visualizing their research in 3D VR, and would love to share what they've built to communicate what they do! Here's a UC Berkeley scientist's research on using bacterial ribosomes to create polymers for new materials. Would love to be added!

bsky.app/profile/10k....

Libraries and museums are integral to scientific advancement and to our core mission of #scienceforall. Stand Up for Science stands with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social!

Please call your representatives and let them know you STRONGLY oppose this attack on access to knowledge.

#standupforscience