My sister's uni is currently having a Moment 'cause there are major protests to force them to divest from a large arms manufacturer contributing to the genocide in Gaza (among other reasons lol), and a lot of people are Big Mad about it and pointing at all the money said manufacturer contributed to business, science, and engineering scholarships for first-gen/low-income students which then funneled those students into war criminal positions after graduation
Just a fun, random story.
also I’m sorry the statement that states are not interested in “the sciences” is so laughably obviously false that it should immediately disqualify you from ever speaking on the topic ever again. everyone reblogging in agreement of that post is foaming at the mouth for an opportunity to “rationally” discredit BDS and Palestinian resistance
This is a fascinating cosmic scene captured by Hubble: jets firing out from the rotational poles of a newly-ignited star illuminate gas and dust inside the Orion B cloud, 1,350 light-years away, forming what's called a Herbig-Haro object.