Claire Lamman

Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !

Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm

Another full paper annotation, done in TWO languages!! Really nice job @astroaure.bsky.social !

A map of the US with the states the republican senators are from marked in red and states the democratic senators are from marked in blue: Senator Susan Collins (Republican - Maine) Senator Mitch McConnell(Republican - Kentucky) Senator Lisa Murkowski(Republican - Alaska) Senator Lindsey Graham(Republican - South Carolina) Senator Jerry Moran(Republican - Kansas) Senator John Hoeven(Republican - North Dakota) Senator John Boozman(Republican - Arkansas) Senator Shelley Moore Capito(Republican - West Virginia) Senator John Kennedy(Republican - Louisiana) Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith(Republican - Mississippi) Senator Bill Hagerty(Republican - Tennessee) Senator Katie Britt(Republican - Alabama) Senator Markwayne Mullin(Republican - Oklahoma) Senator Deb Fischer(Republican - Nebraska) Senator Mike Rounds(Republican - South Dakota) Patty Murray(Democrat - Washington) Richard Durbin(Democrat - Illinois) Jack Reed(Democrat - Rhode Island) Jeanne Shaheen(Democrat - New Hampshire) Jeff Merkley(Democrat - Oregon) Christopher Coons(Democrat - Delaware) Brian Schatz(Democrat - Hawaii) Tammy Baldwin(Democrat - Wisconsin) Chris Murphy(Democrat - Connecticut) Chris Van Hollen(Democrat - Maryland) Martin Heinrich(Democrat - New Mexico) Gary Peters(Democrat - Michigan) Kirsten Gillibrand(Democrat - New York) Jon Ossoff(Democrat - Georgia)

Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science!

The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic

Mixed berry! And it's painted with edible gold dust

A pie with a dark berry filling. It's decorated with what can generously be described as an art-deco JWST.

Happy 4th! I made a patriotic pie, celebrating America's leadership in space sciences (historically).

*734'

A mildly convincing fake TV ad for a 734" TV, shown next to two American football fields and a tiny tiny person for scale. Text reads: Big screen for big data. The only way to view images from the world's largest camera. Equivalent of 400 4k TVs. 25 tons. Make sure to measure your living room first. For the low price of $42! (42 factorial)

Someone please talk me out of this impulse buy so I can view the
@vrubinobs.bsky.social images.

@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social

My article was just published! A few people have already told me how much they appreciate seeing a change from the local narrative. Major kudos to the McClintock Letters organizers for a well-coordinated and impactful program.

www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2025/06/13/c...

I just signed up!

This is an excellent high-impact initiative! All scientists should consider sharing their stories in hometown papers.

Smiling girl in crimson PhD robes in front of an old telescope dome (CfA's Great Refractor).

Just finished 22nd grade :)

How great would it be if there were New Yorker-style cartoons to joke about and emphasize an idea from a story? Increase reach, understanding, and entertainment. Editors, hmu!

Science news outlets need cartoons.

Every single one of you reading this have benefitted from publicly funded science in a thousand ways.

This cannot be the end. Carl Sagan called science a "candle in the dark." It is up to all of us to make sure that candle does not go out.

Dark cookies with a spiral texture and thin white frosting grid. Topped with a large and small pearl-like sprinkles.

Dark chocolate cookies!

🚨 DESI High is back! 🚀🌌

High school students in Mexico & Spain recently explored the universe using real data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. 🔭💻

I got the NSF fellowship and am headed to OSU!

That cut looks so good on you!!

Smiling girl with paper making her a doctor

I did it!

Claire Lamman

Friends, I am defending tomorrow!! Anyone is welcome to watch the public talk, which will be streamed here at 1pm EST (May 2): youtube.com/live/Kybv2Zs...

Thanks Yvette :)

A short, fun video about my science communication. I'm considering using only edible chalkboards in the future...

My thesis matters a lot. It's 100% baryons. Included is drawing of thesis with title "I found something NEW"

Week 32:

My thesis matters a lot. It's 100% baryons. Included is drawing of thesis with title "I found something NEW"

Week 32:

It's my first paper that's not part of a big collaboration! Amazing how fast it can come together in a small team 😅

The first page of a scientific paper, slightly faded and covered in cartoons and annotations. Text embedded in the version linked in arXiv.

I have a paper out today! I'll be honest, this one is really aimed at a handful of people in my field. But I did manage to make a paper annotation that a wider audience might enjoy (linked in the arXiv comments section). arxiv.org/abs/2504.16076

Ancient Egyptians used the star Sirius to predict when the river would flood. Anyone who didn't believe in astronomy was in de Nile.

Week 31:

One of the earliest records of an astronomer frustrated with poor seeing is the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

Week 30:
I think my defense will be a natural end to these weekly jokes. So... only 2 more left!!

One of the earliest records of an astronomer frustrated with poor seeing is the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

Week 30:
I think my defense will be a natural end to these weekly jokes. So... only 2 more left!!