Today I’m reviewing an open-access Comment published in Nature Communications called, “Pluto: dazzling, dynamic, and not so dead” by Perianne E. Johnson & Benjamin Proudfoot.

I talked about this comment in a Substack article a few weeks ago so definitely go check that out if you haven’t yet! This video also works as audio-only for the podcast listeners out there.

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• Link to paper (Nature Communications, open access): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72084-6

• Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-01_Stern_03_Pluto_Color_TXT.jpg
• Music: 368 by Dyalla

This week, a 7.4 Magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan! This caused shaking, a tiny tsunami, and an advisory about a possible mega-quake.

Listen to learn more about what this means for Japan, natural disaster preparation, and earthquake advisories everywhere!

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• Cover art and earthquake information: USGS
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Why fund research into so many narrow questions far removed from everyday problems?

Solving niche science problems expands bounds of human knowledge and makes new breakthroughs possible!

In this episode, I walk listeners through a recent article I wrote on this topic posted on Substack. Read along (and subscribe) here: https://rocksforjocks.substack.com/p/want-to-solve-hard-problems-fund

Music: 368 by Dyalla