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This Happened - February 26: Oscars Mix-Up

During the 89th Academy Awards ceremony on this day in 2017 , presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced "La La Land" as the winner of the Best Picture award instead of the actual winner "Moonlight."


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How did the Oscars mix-up happen?

The mistake happened when Beatty and Dunaway were given the wrong envelope for the Best Picture award. The accounting firm responsible for handling the Oscars envelopes, PricewaterhouseCoopers, later issued an apology for the error.

What was the reaction to the Oscars mix-up?

The mistake caused confusion and shock among the audience and those watching the ceremony live on television. The "La La Land" producers were already on stage accepting the award when the mistake was revealed and "Moonlight" was declared the true winner.

Was any action taken in response to the Oscars mix-up?

Yes, in response to the mistake, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced several changes to its voting process and procedures, including a new system for handling and distributing the winning envelopes. The firm responsible for the mistake, PricewaterhouseCoopers, was also replaced by a new accounting firm for the 2018 Oscars.

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Life On "Mars": With The Teams Simulating Space Missions Under A Dome

A niche research community plays out what existence might be like on, or en route to, another planet.

Photo of a person in a space suit walking toward the ​Mars Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah

At the Mars Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah

Sarah Scoles

In November 2022, Tara Sweeney’s plane landed on Thwaites Glacier, a 74,000-square-mile mass of frozen water in West Antarctica. She arrived with an international research team to study the glacier’s geology and ice fabric, and how its ice melt might contribute to sea level rise. But while near Earth’s southernmost point, Sweeney kept thinking about the moon.

“It felt every bit of what I think it will feel like being a space explorer,” said Sweeney, a former Air Force officer who’s now working on a doctorate in lunar geology at the University of Texas at El Paso. “You have all of these resources, and you get to be the one to go out and do the exploring and do the science. And that was really spectacular.”

That similarity is why space scientists study the physiology and psychology of people living in Antarctic and other remote outposts: For around 25 years, people have played out what existence might be like on, or en route to, another world. Polar explorers are, in a way, analogous to astronauts who land on alien planets. And while Sweeney wasn’t technically on an “analog astronaut” mission — her primary objective being the geological exploration of Earth — her days played out much the same as a space explorer’s might.

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