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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On this topic: I’m currently hunting for scientists in this realm who are willing to let me tag along for field/lab work next year. Are you breaking down plate tectonics? Mantle dynamics? Hot spot volcanism? Those giant blobs near the core? Diamonds, ophiolites, xenoliths or other things! Hit me up!

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BIG NEWS! I’m writing a book about the amazing processes of the deep Earth that shaped the surface as we know it. We’ll venture from the crust to the core, examining the surprising links that connect us to Earth’s deepest reaches. I’m so excited to dig in! ⚒️🧪🪨🌎🌋

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So excited to share that I served as a subject matter expert for Crash Course's new Geology series! Helping lay out & shape these 25 episodes with an incredible team (and host Sage!) was a dream. 16 episodes are live right now—check them out! 🌋🪨⚒️🧪 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The host sage is show attempting to break a bundle of spaghetti in demonstrating earthquake magnitude

The host is show in black and white in film noir style, complete with stacks of paper, bankers lamp, a hat, and trench coat

The host is shown talking to a rock with googley eyes attached

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Mineralogists out there - Help!! I'm writing a script for SciShow that has a ton of names of otherworldly minerals (things like Elaliite, Panguite, Changesite-Y) and I need to include a guide for pronunciations. I can't find any good sourcing online. Any suggestions on where to find this?? ⚒️🧪

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Diving into Aesthetic Space

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Absolutely devastating story about a gene-editing trial that killed a 6-year-old girl in China. A Nature paper from the researchers glossed over the death, and the researchers responsible have fallen silent in the family's demands to take accountability. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sorry, I've been MIA. I've been a little preoccupied :) We're equal parts exhausted and enthralled with a new tiny human. She's full of spice, and I love her more than I knew I could. There will be more from me soon — I have new projects on the horizon that I can't wait to share with you!

Image of three hands holding one another. The smallest is an infant's tiny hand (you can also see the pink sleeve of her sweater). The mom's hand is cupped around the baby's, and the father's hand is cupped around both of the other two.

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Howard Lee @hlee.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast ⚒️ www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun...

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U.S. tsunami warning system, reeling from funding and staffing cuts, is dealt another blow

Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast.

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Bipedal Meatbag @bipedalmeatbag.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Kīlauea episode 35 has arrived. The double fountain shot is from one of the HVO interns, Christina. All are taken from the public viewing areas.

Two lava fountains at night feeding a flow

A bright orange lava fountain with glowing clouds.

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Aline Ghilardi @alinemghilardi.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

🧪⚒️ Have you seen our latest paper in Journal of Anatomy? We trace the origin of air sacs in pterosaurs back to their Triassic forerunners. Using micro-CT on the pterosauromorph Venetoraptor, we show invasive air sacs were in place before true pterosaurs.

Artistic life reconstruction of the Triassic pterosauromorph Venetoraptor perched on a tree branch, holding a small reptile in its jaws. The animal has a long tail, slender body, and feather-like body covering, set against a forested background.

Micro-CT images of Venetoraptor vertebrae showing external morphology and internal pneumatic structures. Multiple views highlight pneumatic foramina and internal chambers, with a skeletal silhouette indicating vertebral positions and diagrams illustrating cross-sections.

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Question for geologists studying zircons: I remember hearing that zircons are sometimes picked using a brush that has a single hair. But I can't find where I noted this in my interviews. Can anyone verify that this is a real scientific practice or am I just crazy?? ⚒️🧪🙏

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Elon Musk's DOGE has spent the last several months dismantling the departments & agencies that regulate HIS businesses. Our report found that Musk has a direct business interest in over 70% of the agencies & departments DOGE targeted. The conflicts of interest are endless.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.

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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

@aaup.bsky.social is leading the fight against the attacks of the Trump/Musk administration against science and free speech at Universities. if you are a faculty member, join them! I joined @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social in April! www.aaup.org

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Go for the science, stay for the worm BBQ. This is incredible!

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

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Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time (Gift Article)

Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava.

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Shirley Siluk @ebishirl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

It break my heart after reading a story like this today - such cool, exciting NSF research, and it's going to be lost. The world will be a much poorer place for it. Just imagine having fewer stories like this to read in the years to come: bsky.app/profile/maya...

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Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time (Gift Article)

Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava.

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This short story packs in a lot: Conflicts over oil/gas drilling near sacred lands, debates about genetics and the US legal system, genetic research's dark past/exploitation of indigenous peoples, and the smallest Pueblo tribe fighting to get their voices heard. My latest for @science.org

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DNA traces Picuris Pueblo Tribe’s ancient ancestral ties to Chaco Canyon

The project could bolster tribal land rights and serve as a model for partnership between scientists and Indigenous communities

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

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DNA traces Picuris Pueblo Tribe’s ancient ancestral ties to Chaco Canyon

The project could bolster tribal land rights and serve as a model for partnership between scientists and Indigenous communities

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I have a silly question — I've always pronounced Mafic like MAY-Fic, with the first part like the month MAY (As far as I can remember, all of my geo professors said it this way too?!) But I just saw that the Cambridge dictionary has the correct pronunciation as MAH-fic. Which way is right?? ⚒️

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Are you planning to travel this year? Dreaming of the Caribbean? Sipping wine in Italy? Venturing around New Zealand? All these places (and many more tourist hotspots) are at risk of earthquakes. Check out my latest for @nytimes.com for tips on staying safe 🧪 ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

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How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes

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Tara Lemméy @taralemmey.com · 08/04/2025

Fellow intrepid travelers to earthquake places @mayaweihaas.bsky.social has ideas for readiness. It was fun share with her how I think about it. 🧪🥾 #travel #earthquake #adventure

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

What do you do if you’re in another country and you feel an earthquake? This concise, timely article from @mayaweihaas.bsky.social gives advice on how to be prepared for earthquakes when traveling. TL:DR - know before you go. ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

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How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes

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Morgan Moschetti @morganmp.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Even if you don’t live in “earthquake country,” the places you travel to for work or fun may have earthquake hazards. Learn more here…

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How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake Strikes

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests. "The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."

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Jascha Polet @jascha.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A 4.3 and a 4.7 earthquake, two minutes apart, 2 km NNE of Reykjanestá in Iceland 15 minutes ago. Largest events in the current sequence up until now. 🌋⚒️ en.vedur.is/earthquakes-...

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Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Impressive rupture 👇 for 28/03 #Myanmar #earthquake. Straight, simple. ⚒️ 🧪 It extends far to the south, much further than initially thought. Suggests that large part of segment broken in 1930 (Pyu quake) broke again. In addition to 1839 one of course. Congrats @zaxonlee.bsky.social for this work

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Still hunting for anyone willing to share stories about experiencing earthquakes while they were traveling for a NYT story. Any leads or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Have you experienced an earthquake while you were traveling either in the US or overseas? I'd love to hear from you for a story I'm working on for the New York Times! Feel free to DM or email at: mweihaas@gmail.com ⚒️🧪

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...

The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The M7.7 quake ruptured roughly 200 kilometers of Myanmar's Sagaing Fault. According to @judithgeology.bsky.social and @kyle-bradley.bsky.social, there's likely up to 5 meters of slip along the fault. This is a big one near some dense populations. More in their summary below:

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Catastrophic M7.7 earthquake caused by rupture of Sagaing Fault in Myanmar

Limited reporting thus far from Myanmar, but this is a big one

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NPR @npr.org · 21/03/2025

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

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Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I also recently discovered I needed an MMR booster shot. Thankfully, I'm now all up to date! It's a good idea to get this checked out, especially if you're born between 1957 and 1989. More about that in this recent slate story: slate.com/technology/2...

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Uh … Am I Protected Against Measles? It Might Depend On When You Were Born.

But really, don’t get too worried.

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

For anyone with kiddos interested in rocks and nature—I've got an event for you! I'll be at Bards Alley Bookshop in Vienna, VA this Saturday for an event with What a Rock Can Reveal! There will be lots of hands on activities and fun rocks and minerals to play with. I'd love to see you all there!! 🧪⚒️

The image is a poster featuring a picture of the author and her book, What a Rock Can Reveal. Details about the event are as follows: Reading and presentation with children's nonfiction author, Maya Wei-Haas. Saturday March 22, 11 AM, Bards Alley Bookshop, Vienna, VA. Free to attend, no RSVP required.

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Uh … Am I Protected Against Measles? It Might Depend On When You Were Born.

But really, don’t get too worried.

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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

📢 Job Alert! We are looking for a Post-Doc / Research associate (f/m/d) in the field of #MarineGeochemistry at the International Core Repository at the Universität Bremen (A126-25). ⏰ Application- #Deadline is April 1st 2025 Find out more here ➡ www.marum.de/jobs #jobs #wearehiring #Science

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Stephen Hicks @seismo-steve.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Your last chance to register for our Ocean Bottom Geophysics meeting on Friday at the Royal Astronomical Society, London. We have an exciting lineup of presentations. You can also join our meeting online. Tickets only £17 for in-person attendance and £6 online - a bargain! ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...

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Ocean Bottom Geophysics: Progress and Perspectives

RAS Meetings | Friday, 14 of March 2025 - 10:30 | Ocean Bottom Geophysics: Progress and Perspectives

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In celebration of Bluesky increasing the allowed size of videos, here is what an effusive volcanic eruption looks and sounds like from just ~300 meters away, close enough to feel the intense heat of the Earth creating itself. Sound on! 🔊

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The new US Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, committed to slash support for renewable energy development, claiming that climate change was "a side effect of building the modern world." — embarrassingly ignorant take just months after fires ripped through LA. 🧪⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/c...

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U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change

To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”

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Maya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A #Fossilfriday challenge: Can you spot the fossils? (As seen near the stairs at the gorgeous Teatro Municipal de Santiago.) I'll post the answer and a close up tomorrow morning! ⚒️🧪

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The planet that NASA studies most is Earth. Even if you think Mars rovers are frivolous, be aware that slashing NASA's budget would slash the ways we observe and understand weather, climate, ecosystems, water, agriculture, natural resources, natural hazards, and more. NASA science is a public good.

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A #Fossilfriday challenge: Can you spot the fossils? (As seen near the stairs at the gorgeous Teatro Municipal de Santiago.) I'll post the answer and a close up tomorrow morning! ⚒️🧪

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