Reuters Science News Summary

The new findings involving the Methana Volcano, located roughly 60 km (37 miles) southwest of Athens, contradict the notion that most volcanoes may be considered "extinct" if they have not erupted ‌for 10,000 years. Analysis-SpaceX ties Musk compensation to Mars colonization goal SpaceX's board has approved a compensation plan for founder Elon ‌Musk with goals as futuristic and celestial as the company's ambitions: colonizing Mars and running data centers in outer space.

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Greece's Methana shows volcanoes ​can slumber a long time before reawakening

For people living ​in communities in the shadow of ‌a ​volcano, a long silence may give the impression that the geological beast is not merely sleeping but has gone extinct. But, as research detailing the life history of ‌one in Greece shows, a volcano can slumber for more than 100,000 years before reawakening. The new findings involving the Methana Volcano, located roughly 60 km (37 miles) southwest of Athens, contradict the notion that most volcanoes may be considered "extinct" if they have not erupted ‌for 10,000 years.

Analysis-SpaceX ties Musk compensation to Mars colonization goal

SpaceX's board has approved a compensation plan for founder Elon ‌Musk with goals as futuristic and celestial as the company's ambitions: colonizing Mars and running data centers in outer space. The details of Musk's sweeping pay package, which have not been widely reported, were revealed in the company's confidential registration statement filed in recent weeks with the Securities and Exchange ⁠Commission ​and reviewed by Reuters last week.

Inside ⁠SpaceX's IPO: Musk's most ambitious plan yet

In the days after the PayPal IPO in 2002, Elon Musk and company executives gathered at a ⁠Las Vegas casino to celebrate. But while others socialized by the pool, Musk was hunched over an old Soviet rocket manual and ​already planning his next venture: SpaceX. “He’d come off what was an unequivocally big win, he was one of the ⁠largest shareholders, and yet he was focused on this next thing,” Kevin Hartz, an early PayPal investor who was at the party, told Reuters. “Now ⁠it’s ​a multi-trillion-dollar business.”

Trump administration fires entire National Science Board

President Donald Trump's administration has terminated the entire National Science Board of more than 20 members, two fired members of the board said on Monday. Here are some details:

Archaeologists use AI ⁠to generate image of Pompeii victim

Archaeologists in Italy's Pompeii have for the first time used artificial intelligence to reconstruct ⁠the appearance of one of ⁠the victims of the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city nearly 2,000 years ago. The AI-generated image, released by the Pompeii Archaeological Park on Monday, shows a man ducking ‌for cover while ‌holding a large bowl over his head, with a flaming ​Mount Vesuvius in the background.