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11/02/2026

PRESS RELEASE
The SETI Institute is delighted to welcome three new artists to our Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program!

🪐 Dorotea Dolinšek (Slovenia) investigates how humans and microorganisms might adapt together to environments beyond Earth.

🌱 Amy Karle (USA) explores how we might recognize unfamiliar forms of life through bioart and immersive installations.

✨ Johannes Heldén (Sweden) uses experimental poetry and interactive media to explore language, perception, and consciousness.

Working alongside SETI Institute scientists, these artists will bring new creative perspectives to some of humanity's biggest questions.

Discover their projects and meet our newest artists-in-residence: https://www.seti.org/news/seti-institute-welcomes-three-new-artists-in-residence/

IMAGES (left to right): Dorotea Dolinšek, Credit: Florian Voggeneder. Amy Karle, Credit: Amy Karle. Johannes Heldén, Credit: Martin Vallin.

11/02/2026

Celebrate CONTACT and the Future of STEM with NeXT! 🎬✨

Thirty years ago, CONTACT inspired millions to look up at the stars and ask what might be out there. As Carl Sagan famously reminded us, "The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful lot of wasted space." 🌌

To mark this iconic milestone, NeXT Computer Company is proud to host an exclusive Anniversary Gala, bringing together film enthusiasts, science advocates, and community leaders for an unforgettable evening. Beyond celebrating a masterpiece of science fiction cinema, our core mission is clear: to spark curiosity, empower the next generation, and drive critical awareness and support for STEM education and deterministic engineering.

From fostering critical thinking to equipping future scientists, researchers, and engineers with the tools to solve complex challenges, robust STEM education ensures tomorrow's innovators are ready to reach for the stars.

🗓 Date: July 2027
📍 Location: TBA/Modesto, CA
🎟 Tickets & Details: TBA

Join us for special discussions on the intersection of cinema and space science, community engagement, and a shared commitment to keeping wonder alive in classrooms across California and beyond!
Let's inspire the next generation of pioneers. Share this post, tag a friend who supports STEM, and reserve your tickets today! 🚀

Robert Zemeckis Modesto Children's Museum EnCorps STEM Teachers SETI Institute American Astronautical Society The State Theatre of Modesto Gallo Center for The Arts

10/26/2026

Roger Fisher

10/23/2026

Central California Garrison
501st Legion Jolly Roger Squadron

Subject: Modesto Ground Zero & NSSA: Independent Studio & Animated Film Project

Hey teams CCG and 501stLJRSq,

Reaching out from right here in Modesto—the physical ground zero of the independent garage-builder ethos.

I’m currently developing an independent studio framework here in the Central Valley, anchored by the National Space Science Academy (NSSA). The immediate focus is an upcoming "thinking animated" technical short and visual narrative project that bridges hard space science with foundational myth-making, built entirely from an independent, auteur-driven stack.

Given the level of serious physical fabrication, custom engineering, and world-building rigor within the Central California Garrison, it’s clear your network shares that exact same "build it yourself" DNA that started right here on McHenry Avenue.

I'm looking to connect with fellow independent makers, designers, and builders in the region to discuss local studio development and the fabrication/visual pipelines for this animated project. Would love to swap notes or touch base.

Thank you. I appreciate your attention and consideration.

Sincerely,
//Brian R. Foust//, Founder
NeXT Computer Company

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Modesto Children's Museum
The State Theatre of Modesto

10/22/2026

NIVA - National Independent Venue Association

Hi there.

NeXT Computer has your six.

//Brian R. Foust//, Founder
NeXT Computer Company
Modesto, CA 95358

10/21/2026

American Astronautical Society and
AIAA - The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,

We treat space as our ultimate escape hatch and Mars as a blank canvas waiting for a coat of paint. But what if our technological optimism is running up against an unalterable laws of biology and physics?

NeXT's latest deep-dive explores why humanity is fundamentally an Earth-bound species—and why the fantasy of terraforming Mars overlooks the hard reality of our biophysics:

* The Martian Dead End: Mars lacks a planetary magnetic field to block radiation, a gravity well strong enough to retain a thick atmosphere, and features a global regolith choked with toxic perchlorates. It is not a fixer-upper home; it is a biophysical vacuum.

* Beyond the Gym Routine: Bone loss and muscle atrophy in space aren't just engineering bugs you fix with a treadmill. They are structural failures of an organism evolved under a precise 1g baseline and an open-ended planetary electromagnetic circuit.

* The Liquid-Crystalline Collapse: Without Earth's continuous mechanical pre-stress, intracellular water coherence fragments and our electrodynamic signaling systems break down.

Space exploration shouldn't be framed as real estate expansion. Like deep-sea diving or high-altitude mountaineering, it is a hazardous, temporary endeavor strictly bounded by our biology.

Instead of squandering resources trying to remake a dead red rock, our true survival imperative is right here: preserving the finely tuned cradle that made us.

//Brian R. Foust//, Editor

10/19/2026

Every year, we meet engineers, scientists, and other STEM professionals asking the same quiet question: could I be a teacher?

It’s a big decision. Salary, routine, even how you see yourself at work can all change. But what we hear most isn’t worry about the math or the science. It’s whether everything else they’ve built over their careers will still count in a classroom.

It does. Often more than they expect.

In this blog: the skills that carry over from industry to teaching, and what still has to be learned. https://encorps.org/stem-professional-becoming-a-teacher/

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10/19/2026

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