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High-speed internet could be coming to Antarctica

The Verge

But despite its central role in Antarctic research, McMurdo is lacking something most scientists working at 21st-century laboratories take for granted: high-speed internet. Compared with a typical rural household, the amount of bandwidth available per person at McMurdo is limited, says Patrick Smith, technology development manager at the NSF.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

Museum 2.0

Imagine the most community-based science center possible. Imagine it in a poor, immigrant farmworker community. In a Community Science Workshop. A couple months ago, I visited a Community Science Workshop for the first time in Watsonville, CA. Can you give me the overview of Community Science Workshops? It thrives.

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Navigating the Shifting Political Landscape as a Federal Grant Recipient

sgEngage

Federal grant recipients, subrecipients, and contractors face shifting priorities, new executive orders, and evolving funding practices. As the current administration rolls out new policies and executive orders, nonprofit organizations, social enterprises, and other grant recipients must adapt or risk losing essential funding opportunities.

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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

Museum 2.0

ExhibitFiles is a community-based site launched last month to encourage the documentation, sharing, and exploration of exhibits and the exhibit design process. A community site in its truest sense, where anyone can post a review or case study. Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? ,

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Confused Senator Rages That Self-Driving Cars Are Woke

Futurism

It's ludicrous," University of Maryland biologist Joshua Weitz, who has previously received NSF grants, told NPR. In a statement , Cruz claimed that "DEI initiatives have poisoned research efforts, eroded confidence in the scientific community, and fueled division among Americans." such, it has researchers dumbfounded.

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