Michael Wong
@miquai.bsky.social
Planetary scientist by day 🪐 podcaster by night 🎙 photographer at all times 📷 philosopher in my dreams 💭 https://miquai.myportfolio.com/
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On the latest Strange New Worlds, I share my conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social on his Mindscape Podcast, where we talk about astrobiology, the origins of life, and complexity.
Episode 191: Mike on Sean Carroll's Mindscape
Mike beams aboard Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast to talk about astrobiology, the origins of life, complexity, and the proposal for a
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November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
On the latest Strange New Worlds, I share my conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social on his Mindscape Podcast, where we talk about astrobiology, the origins of life, and complexity.
“Space exploration is not about ignoring Earth’s problems. It’s about creating chances for us to do better.”
@calebscharf.bsky.social’s optimism is infectious and his perspective of humanity as an astrobiological experiment is profound. I’m so grateful to be able to call him my colleague!
@calebscharf.bsky.social’s optimism is infectious and his perspective of humanity as an astrobiological experiment is profound. I’m so grateful to be able to call him my colleague!
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Space exploration is not about ignoring Earth’s problems. It’s about creating chances for us to do better.”
@calebscharf.bsky.social’s optimism is infectious and his perspective of humanity as an astrobiological experiment is profound. I’m so grateful to be able to call him my colleague!
@calebscharf.bsky.social’s optimism is infectious and his perspective of humanity as an astrobiological experiment is profound. I’m so grateful to be able to call him my colleague!
#OverheardAtCarnegie: "Here's some unsolicited wine advice."
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#OverheardAtCarnegie: "Here's some unsolicited wine advice."
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For the 1st time in 4 billion years, life has escaped its home planet!
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
The Giant Leap
NASA Astrobiologist and author Caleb Scharf explores how humanity’s expanding reach into space marks a pivotal moment in life’s evolution—revealing what it means for a species to step beyond its home ...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For the 1st time in 4 billion years, life has escaped its home planet!
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
Join NASA Ames astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social as we venture into the void to see how space exploration is reshaping our next great leap.
🗓️ 11/6 | 6:30 PM EST
📍 Carnegie Science, NW DC & Online
🎟️ RSVP → bit.ly/4qxBBT7
Reposted by Michael Wong
Good morning America! Today is the paperback publication day of my #StarTrekSNW novel Asylum! It's such a belter they gave it an award. #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #UnaByUna
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum [McCormack, Una] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum
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November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Good morning America! Today is the paperback publication day of my #StarTrekSNW novel Asylum! It's such a belter they gave it an award. #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #UnaByUna
www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-St...
www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-St...
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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“The same principles that allow us to hunt for alien Earths also allow us to comprehend the biosphere as a planetary phenomenon.”
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves | NOEMA
Looking for life beyond Earth changes the way we perceive life right here at home.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The same principles that allow us to hunt for alien Earths also allow us to comprehend the biosphere as a planetary phenomenon.”
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
An essay of epic proportions by @miquai.bsky.social for @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/what-searchi...
Reposted by Michael Wong
Potentially contentious idea: space exploration is less about ignoring Earthly problems and more about giving ourselves a chance to do better...
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Potentially contentious idea: space exploration is less about ignoring Earthly problems and more about giving ourselves a chance to do better...
Reposted by Michael Wong
“any sufficiently advanced civilization is indistinguishable from nature.”
My heart and mind leans absolutely to the same conclusions. A great article that I wish all Human Earthlings could have the opportunity to read and understand 💚 Thanks @miquai.bsky.social.
My heart and mind leans absolutely to the same conclusions. A great article that I wish all Human Earthlings could have the opportunity to read and understand 💚 Thanks @miquai.bsky.social.
“Conflating intelligence & technology is an assumption worth challenging. True intelligence may know not to use the technologies we so dearly cling to as we plumb our planet’s riches to exhaustion.”
— @miquai.bsky.social
— @miquai.bsky.social
What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves | NOEMA
Looking for life beyond Earth changes the way we perceive life right here at home.
www.noemamag.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“any sufficiently advanced civilization is indistinguishable from nature.”
My heart and mind leans absolutely to the same conclusions. A great article that I wish all Human Earthlings could have the opportunity to read and understand 💚 Thanks @miquai.bsky.social.
My heart and mind leans absolutely to the same conclusions. A great article that I wish all Human Earthlings could have the opportunity to read and understand 💚 Thanks @miquai.bsky.social.
This tree is a fall icon 😍
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This tree is a fall icon 😍
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“Conflating intelligence & technology is an assumption worth challenging. True intelligence may know not to use the technologies we so dearly cling to as we plumb our planet’s riches to exhaustion.”
— @miquai.bsky.social
— @miquai.bsky.social
What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves | NOEMA
Looking for life beyond Earth changes the way we perceive life right here at home.
www.noemamag.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Conflating intelligence & technology is an assumption worth challenging. True intelligence may know not to use the technologies we so dearly cling to as we plumb our planet’s riches to exhaustion.”
— @miquai.bsky.social
— @miquai.bsky.social
Reposted by Michael Wong
Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy
Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
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September 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496
Reposted by Michael Wong
Today's talk from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium is Nick Lane on Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins, with commentary by Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHL_...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today's talk from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium is Nick Lane on Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins, with commentary by Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHL_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHL_...
#OverheardAtCarnegie: “I need to take a nap for, like, a year.”
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#OverheardAtCarnegie: “I need to take a nap for, like, a year.”
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Looking forward to it!
Hey, DC area!
Come hear NASA astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social talk about his new book "The Giant Leap: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life" at @carnegiescience.bsky.social on November 6!
You might even take home your very own copy of the book!
Come hear NASA astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social talk about his new book "The Giant Leap: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life" at @carnegiescience.bsky.social on November 6!
You might even take home your very own copy of the book!
The Giant Leap
NASA Astrobiologist and author Caleb Scharf explores how humanity’s expanding reach into space marks a pivotal moment in life’s evolution—revealing what it means for a species to step beyond its home ...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Looking forward to it!
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Thank you to the 500+ guests who joined us for a day of discovery at our first-ever #EPLOpenHouse. It was a blast—literally! 🌋
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thank you to the 500+ guests who joined us for a day of discovery at our first-ever #EPLOpenHouse. It was a blast—literally! 🌋
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
Your curiosity made the day shine, and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Until then, check out our upcoming events:
👉 https://bit.ly/43vMivk
Hey, DC area!
Come hear NASA astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social talk about his new book "The Giant Leap: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life" at @carnegiescience.bsky.social on November 6!
You might even take home your very own copy of the book!
Come hear NASA astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social talk about his new book "The Giant Leap: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life" at @carnegiescience.bsky.social on November 6!
You might even take home your very own copy of the book!
The Giant Leap
NASA Astrobiologist and author Caleb Scharf explores how humanity’s expanding reach into space marks a pivotal moment in life’s evolution—revealing what it means for a species to step beyond its home ...
carnegiescience.edu
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hey, DC area!
Come hear NASA astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social talk about his new book "The Giant Leap: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life" at @carnegiescience.bsky.social on November 6!
You might even take home your very own copy of the book!
Come hear NASA astrobiologist @calebscharf.bsky.social talk about his new book "The Giant Leap: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life" at @carnegiescience.bsky.social on November 6!
You might even take home your very own copy of the book!
New podcast episode! 🌱🎙🖖
Prof. Jason Kaufman beams aboard to chat about a trio of papers he wrote exploring the themes of human space exploration, sustainable futures, and our relationships to nature.
Prof. Jason Kaufman beams aboard to chat about a trio of papers he wrote exploring the themes of human space exploration, sustainable futures, and our relationships to nature.
Episode 190: Relating to Nature in Space and on Earth
Guest: Prof. Jason Kaufman
Professor Jason Kaufman beams aboard to chat about a trio of papers he wrote exploring the themes of human space exploration, sustainable futures, and our relationships to
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October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New podcast episode! 🌱🎙🖖
Prof. Jason Kaufman beams aboard to chat about a trio of papers he wrote exploring the themes of human space exploration, sustainable futures, and our relationships to nature.
Prof. Jason Kaufman beams aboard to chat about a trio of papers he wrote exploring the themes of human space exploration, sustainable futures, and our relationships to nature.
#OverheardOnZoom: "Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate, so try to avoid making them."
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#OverheardOnZoom: "Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate, so try to avoid making them."
Live view of me writing my next faculty app, basically 🤣
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Live view of me writing my next faculty app, basically 🤣
@calebscharf.bsky.social’s last book, “The Ascent of Information,” literally changed my career trajectory. I can’t wait to find out where “The Giant Leap” will take me 🚀
October 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
@calebscharf.bsky.social’s last book, “The Ascent of Information,” literally changed my career trajectory. I can’t wait to find out where “The Giant Leap” will take me 🚀
My amazing sister edited this new memoir by Jenn M. Choi called "Enough to Rise: A Journey of Reclaiming Self-Worth & Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma." Check it out!
Enough to Rise: A Journey of Reclaiming Self-Worth & Br…
An empowering self-help memoir about family, loss, and …
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October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My amazing sister edited this new memoir by Jenn M. Choi called "Enough to Rise: A Journey of Reclaiming Self-Worth & Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma." Check it out!