Scott Solomon, PhD
Biology Professor and Science Communicator at Rice University. Author of Becoming Martian (new!), Future Humans, What Darwin Didn’t Know, and Why Insects Matter. Host of the podcast Wild World With Scott Solomon. Views=own
- I'll be speaking about my new book, #BecomingMartian from @mitpress.bsky.social at The Literary in Champaign-Urbana, IL on Feb 25! calendar.boomte.ch/single/jJ7bt...
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- WOW!!! 🤩 I'm so grateful for this ✨starred✨ review of Becoming Martian in Booklist! "Educational and entertaining, imaginative and inspirational, Solomon's treatise on traveling to Mars soars." booklist.booklistonline.com/html5/reader... @ala-booklist.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
- Thanks to Kelly Weinersmith @weinersmith.bsky.social for this very generous endorsement of my new book! 🚀 on 2.17.26 and available now for pre-order! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205151... #BecomingMartian @mitpress.bsky.social
- What an honor to have my book included on this list! bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/our-februa... #BecomingMartian @mitpress.bsky.social @nextbigidea.bsky.social
- WANT A FREE COPY OF MY NEW BOOK? Goodreads and @mitpress.bsky.social are giving away 5 copies of Becoming Martian! Enter the contest any time before Feb 13th to be eligible to win! Each copy will come with a personal note from me. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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- Whoa! My book is the #1 new release about Mars on Amazon! 🤩 Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered a copy! 🙏 Let’s keep the momentum going through the 🚀 on 2.17.26!
- There’s no stopping this scicomm superstar!
- Apollo thinks you should pre-order your copy of #BecomingMartian now! 🚀 🐾 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/805121... @mitpress.bsky.social
- The most important book review an author can get! #BecomingMartian 🚀 2.17.26 from @mitpress.bsky.social
- The most important book review an author can get! #BecomingMartian 🚀 2.17.26 from @mitpress.bsky.social
- IT'S HERE!!! Excited to get the first copies of my book, BECOMING MARTIAN from @mitpress.bsky.social! Curious what it would be like to live on Mars or what would happen to future generations of space settlers? Then this book is for you! Official 🚀 on Feb 17 but available now for pre-order!
- THUNDERSLEET?!! 😳 spacecityweather.com/forecast-com...
- The 🐕🦺 stole the show
- IT'S HERE!!! Excited to get the first copies of my book, BECOMING MARTIAN from @mitpress.bsky.social! Curious what it would be like to live on Mars or what would happen to future generations of space settlers? Then this book is for you! Official 🚀 on Feb 17 but available now for pre-order!
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- IT'S HERE!!! Excited to get the first copies of my book, BECOMING MARTIAN from @mitpress.bsky.social! Curious what it would be like to live on Mars or what would happen to future generations of space settlers? Then this book is for you! Official 🚀 on Feb 17 but available now for pre-order!
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- Travel with me to Panama and Costa Rica! Ill be hosting an amazing trip for The Great Courses in Jan 2027. We will be transiting the Panama Canal, visiting the spectacular San Blas Islands, and exploring Darién National Park, among the many highlights! www.thegreatcoursesjourneys.com/panamacanalp05
- The spacecraft that will carry the next people around the moon is currently on its way to the launch pad! Watch the (slow) roll to the launch pad live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVn...
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- The 3 possibilities for humanity’s future www.realclearscience.com/blog/2026/01...
- Join me at @bakerinstitute.bsky.social Feb 19 for a discussion of key issues with human space exploration in deep space and becoming a multiplanetary species. I'll be joined by Director of the Rice Space Institute David Alexander. Advance registration required. www.bakerinstitute.org/event/civic-...
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- New review of Becoming Martian just dropped! 👀 Astrophysicist Emma Chapman @dreochapman.bsky.social says "Solomon’s writing is concise yet extraordinarily thorough..." and "Becoming Martian is one of the best popular-science books I have read within the field..." physicsworld.com/a/mission-to...
- I am thrilled that my new book, Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds, will officially be published on Feb 17th! I would like to invite those in the Houston area to join me at the launch event that evening at Brazos Bookstore! 🚀
- Going into the Spring semester like
- Join me this August in Alaska! I’m hosting a trip for the Rice Traveling Owls. But you don’t have to be a Rice alum to participate. We will explore a spectacular part of the Inside Passage aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird in search of bears, whales, and more! alumni.rice.edu/travelingowl...
- Exciting report by my colleague Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo and his team. I was there during part of this excavation and helped a little, too! www.newscientist.com/article/2510...
- I was recently told by a random dude that I look like Obi-Wan Kenobi… hoping he meant the Ewan McGregor version and not Sir Alec Guinness?
- I'm honored to have been selected as a Distinguished Lecturer by @sigmaxi.bsky.social! My term officially begins in July, at which point I'll be available to visit Sigma Xi chapters around the country to give talks on a range of different topics. www.sigmaxi.org/programs/lec...
- 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for space exploration. But we need to be sure that science remains at the heart of our efforts in space, and that biology is front and center. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- FLASH SALE! Barnes&Noble is having a Flash Sale on pre-orders, which includes my new book, Becoming Martian! Barnes & Noble Premium & Rewards Members can get 25% off between now and Jan 1! Use promo code PREORDER25. #BNPreorder #BecomingMartian #newbook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-m...
- The rest of you may be wrapping gifts. I’m wrapping ribs. #BBQXmas
- Great to see #BecomingMartian on the Spring preview list of science books by @publisherswkly.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @mitpress.bsky.social
- The first review of Becoming Martian is in! Kirkus Reviews calls it "a fascinating combination of space science, genetics, and evolutionary biology." www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... @mitpress.bsky.social #BecomingMartian #BookReview
- A huge thank you to @neilshubin.bsky.social for this very generous endorsement of Becoming Martian! Coming Feb 2026 from @mitpress.bsky.social and available now for pre-order!
- Lots to be thankful for at @riceuniversity.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DRfhahq...
- I had so much fun being a guest on this episode, talking all about what we know about our evolutionary origins as humans!
