The rare, endangered and stinky corpse flower, which opens once every few years for just 24 hours, is getting ready to bloom in Sydney, Australia.

In 1964, Gene Roddenberry created the original Star Trek series, which premiered in 1966 and ran for three seasons. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.
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The GMAF pilot program…is expanding to bring Palestinian visiting scientists, known as “GMAF fellows” to MIT. For each year of the pilot, MIT will select up to 5 Palestinian fellows, currently either in Palestine or recently displaced from Palestine.
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NASA climate scientist & climate change activist Peter Kalmus moved himself & family from their Altadeena LA neighborhood 2 years ago b/c he felt it had become unsafe. All of Altadeena just burned to ashes. Here's Kalmus talking about it on Democracy Now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYv...

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978