#Science

Will Saletan

saletan

The @washingtonpost reports that Trump, in continuing to tell Americans that the virus is receding, is in fact contradicting an internal White House projection — which, according to aides, alarmed

Emmett Macfarlane

EmmMacfarlane

THREAD: Some people object to characterizing support for Trump as evidence of racism. They'll cite other values, or 'economic anxiety' instead. Fortunately, political science research has examined the 2016 election

Michael S Czahor, PhD

BigBayesianGuy

(1/3) I cannot stress this enough, teaching sports statistics should NOT only focus sports problems (imo). Instead, the material should include a variety of examples (i.e., engineering, finance, etc.), with

Mental Floss

mental_floss

Attention, defecators!It is National Poop Day. For us, that means digging into our archives and finding some of our favorite poop-related stories and throwing them into a thread for all

diane #ForAll straub

didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: RESTORING AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY:Building an Effective,Transparent Federal Government/Only one party understands that qualified,dedicated civil servants serve the people &

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

For those asking, I underestimated Trump and I overestimated Republicans, although I'm glad to see that they've finally come around. If anyone is interested in engaging in good faith, this

Dustin Poppendieck

Poppendieck

Why is the question we often fail to answer as scientists. We tend to focus on how. But the public wants/needs the answer to why. Here is an example on

WRI Restoration

restoreforward

THREAD: Two new articles in @naturesustainab and @ScienceMagazine share skepticism on the climate benefits of growing trees. Some thoughts from our team on some misleading media coverage surrounding them:http://ow.ly/sWNi50AfJLo 2.The

Heather E Heying

HeatherEHeying

You all ready? Here we go. Science doesn’t work by fiat, or by forced, fabricated consensus. That consensus that you see before you? It’s a mirage. It’s a farce. Science

Kemesha Swaby

KemeshaSwaby

Degree shaming?I keep chuckling at that. I was a straight-A science student for most of my high school life. Chose Bio (my fave), Chem, Physics and Sociology for 6th form.

Tom Gatti

Tom_Gatti

A lot of number crunching, careful reporting, late nights and screen-based eye-strain have gone into this week's special issue - from the whole @NewStatesman team - so I'm excited to

A. Sánchez Alvarado

Planaria1

What are HOX genes doing in planaria?Our most recent preprint aims to shed some light on this puzzleBefore diving in, a brief history of past efforts to understand HOX genes

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

How can a just state order people to stay home indefinitely—not bc they‘ve done anything wrong, not bc they’re sick, not even bc they’ve been exposed—but simply bc it’s possible

Sylvester Equation

neoliberal_dad

Anthony Fauci is a person who was completely unqualified to run a pandemic response and indeed failed miserably by any measure. You can sum up a lot of problems with

astupple

astupple

I hope you don't mind if I give a critique of this episode, because to me it demonstrates how Popper is misunderstood, and the power of his ideas is lost.https://twitter.com/barttels2/status/1333220283264557056

deonandan

deonandan

Got politely invited to publicly debate hardcore anti-vaxxer. I declined. Some will call this cowardice. Here are my reasons. Thread:'(1) vaccination science is a matter of facts, not opinion. One

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