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Michael Robinson

@explorationblog.bsky.social
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Historian of science at the University of Hartford, host of exploration podcast Time to Eat the Dogs, author of The Coldest Crucible (Chicago) and The Lost White Tribe (Oxford) timetoeatthedogs.com

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Michael Robinson @explorationblog.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
My first Kohlfahrt with @actgeppert.bsky.social Lots of walking. Lots of schnapps.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The Moon is an abiotic component of Earth's biosphere.
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Sara Imari Walker @saraimari.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Currently hiring 1-2 postdocs to work on origins of life theory/experiment, assembly theory, life detection, with me and @leecronin.bsky.social, positions are mostly based at ASU but also some time could be spent at U. Glasgow, Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/176391 Please help us spread the word!
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The PAPERBACK of Humans: A Monstrous History from @ucpress.bsky.social, a history *through* monsters from antiquity to the present, is available to preorder! Here's a 🧵 of excerpts from the book. 1/ 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH
Me in a blue and yellow sweater and blue jeans, holding a copy of HUMANS, standing against a white wall with silvery lettering spelling out "University of California Press", looking dazed. - At the UC Press head office.
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Michael Robinson @explorationblog.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Interesting (and frankly terrifying) discussion of AI use at Princeton’s IAS by @davidkipping.bsky.social and its implications for sci research going forward
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We Need To Talk About AI...
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
In the zeitgeist, baby: spectrum.ieee.org/exoplanets
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Astronomers Celebrate 6,000 Exoplanets and Counting
Are we alone in the universe? NASA's Exoplanet Archive now holds over 6,000 alien worlds, offering clues to this age-old question.
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Jason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
My textbook on SETI is published! I hope you like it! Please see if your libraries offer a free download—mine does! iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/97... 🧪🔭
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Theory and practice
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Theory and practice, Wright, Jason T
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Michael Robinson @explorationblog.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hasbruch Wald after the snow
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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Look! My research is featured on JSTOR Daily today :) daily.jstor.org/arthur-c-cla...
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Arthur C. Clarke’s Scuba Adventures and Ocean Frontiers - JSTOR Daily
Clarke’s interest in oceanic exploration in the 1950s was, like his undersea fiction, often neglected by an audience focused on the race for outer space.
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Michael Robinson @explorationblog.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
ADHD-me goes online for a purpose, forgets purpose, finds something else, logs off, remembers what it was. Repeat.
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Michael Robinson @explorationblog.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Jason Wright talks about 3I/ATLAS, SETI, Avi Loeb, and his new book SETI: Theory and Practice @astrowright.bsky.social @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social @patrickmccray.bsky.social @ioppublishing.bsky.social timetoeatthedogs.com/2026/01/27/3...
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3I/ATLAS, SETI, and the Controversy Over How We Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Jason Wright talks about 3i/ATLAS, the controversy surrounding it, and the way the search for life in the universe is beginning to change. Wright is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Pen…
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I'm excited to have my first publication of 2026 coming soon! Look out for The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Ethics Chapter 34: Ethical Considerations in Managing the Heritage Values of Lunar Sites. 🏺 #PlanetSci 🔭
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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
From Drew Lapeer @giantmolecular.cloud : Today’s paper looks at a galaxy hosting not one…not two…but three potential supermassive black holes! ⚛️🔭☄🧪 astrobites.org/2025/11/13/d...
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Three Supermassive Black Holes for the Price of One in the Early Universe
Today's paper looks at a gaalxy hosting not one...not two...but three potential supermassive black holes!
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Michael Robinson @explorationblog.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Claire Sabel discusses the gem trade in SE Asia & the way it was impacted by European traders 17-18c @uchicagopress.bsky.social @scarcerc.bsky.social @harunkucuk.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @nhmwien.bsky.social @sciencehistory.org @historyscience.bsky.social timetoeatthedogs.com/2025/10/27/g...
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Gems, Science, and Empire
17th century traders who traveled the sea routes between India and Southeast Asia were interested in spices, but they were also interested in gemstones, objects of desire, commercial value, and inc…
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