A big nerd. Co-author of NYTimes Bestseller & Hugo Winner A City on Mars. Co-host of @DandKUniverse. Married to @ZachWeiner. She/her
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Howdy! The paperback for A City on Mars comes out on July 29th. We're doing some in-person signings at Barnes and Nobel to celebrate! We'll be in Fairfax VA on Aug 5 and Charlottesville VA on Aug 23. Hope to see you there!
Investors in @SpaceX should know that the company's incentives encourage them to build “a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants”... WITHIN MUSK'S LIFETIME. As a scientist I can tell you that's not just unrealistic, it would be unethical.
.@ScottESolomon and I wrote an Opinion piece for the @HoustonChron aboutt SpaceX's IPO. It massively incentivizes Musk to get 1 million people on Mars in ~30 years. We won't know if it's safe for 1 million people to be on Mars on that timeline.
https://t.co/9bABBIniBG
SpaceX's IPO day is a good time to mention @ZachWeiner & I wrote "A City on Mars"* abt the problems & perils associated w/settling Mars. A million people on Mars can't safely be done in Musk's lifetime
*Recipient of a Hugo & Royal Society Book Prize
https://t.co/WhVF8Emqzo
Want to learn more about screw worm, and how we've eradicated it in the past? Check out this episode of @DandKUniverse where I discuss it in response to a listener's question: https://t.co/GfBLF6GR2X
BREAKING: Second confirmed U.S. case of New World Screwworm found in a calf in Zavala County, about 100 miles southwest of San Antonio.
We are working with the @TAHC, @USDA and partners statewide to respond.
MORE: https://t.co/4nwuwiST5y
"Onto Mars: Are We Ready?" I'm doing a panel on Mars readiness with the Beyond Earth Institute on Tuesday, June 9th at 1PM eastern online!
If you'd like to tune in, tickets are free and can be reserved here: https://t.co/mRKLWHRoXf
Excited to announce my promotion to Full Professor at @RiceUniversity! I am so thankful to my lab members, past & present, and collaborators, near & far, who have worked together with me to advance scientific understanding of our beautiful, resilient & threatened world. 🌎Onward!
Hoy en #MundoDeLibros del Expreso BioBio recomendamos lecturas y estos fueron los libros mencionados:
1. Enviado especial de @perezreverte
2. Un halcón bajo mi ventana de Lydia Cacho
3. Una ciudad en marte de @FuSchmu y @ZachWeiner
I'm SUPER excited about this event. It's at the @airandspace in DC on June 3rd in the evening. It's open to the public and free, but you have to register beforehand.
https://t.co/SYD7Cyxpao