#Studies

Calling Bullshit

callin_bull

We've written several times about what we describe as Phrenology 2.0 — the attempt to rehabilitate long-discredited pseudoscientific ideas linking physiognomy to moral character — using the trappings of machine

Jan Choutka

jan_choutka

As days get shorter, evenings longer, and the world in turmoil due to a pandemic, let me tell a sad and forgotten story. A tale of the early outbreaks of

Esther Olu 🍑

estherolu_

Your skin’s pH and why you need to start paying attention to how cosmetics affect the skin: A THREAD Let’s start with the basics. What the heck is pH?

Zachary Bleemer

zbleemer

New (job market) paper: Quasi-experimental and structural analysis of novel administrative data shows that broadening public university access for lower-testing students can promote economic mobility without efficiency losses. A thread.

Bert Chan

BertChakovsky

So it seems more people (at least in my twitter bubble) are open to the "aquatic ape" / "waterside" ideas and welcome more evidence.Let's have a brief dive into

bhlub

thebhlub

27 Dec.Today marks the 40th anniversary of the passing of the creator of the Latin Somali Alphabet, Muse Haji Ismail Galal.A thread on his extraordinary life, from a nomad in

Güneş Aşık

gunesasik

Working Paper Alert. Thread: several studies show that domestic violence help calls has increased during the lockdowns. In fact @emilycleslie has a fantastic paper using data US data. But what

Devesh⚡

Devesh_wy

How to become an expert and charge $4,000 minimum.Part 2: How to build a service-based agency{{Hint: This can make you $25k easy!}} For this thread, I am assuming you have:1.

NecroMomicon

JesKarakashian

So I just wanted to share the doc "American Tragedy" with parents. Please watch it, I really urge you. (On Prime now) This notion of brain fitness and teaching mindfulness

Charu Singh

nagharnaghat

How do we make sense of a field that's exploding? Sometimes, by compiling a thread :) So here are #HistSci #HistSTM special issues/sections on South Asia from the past decade

Dr. Simon ツ

goddeketal

1/: What is generally forgotten and ignored during this “pandemic” is that #immunity against a pathogen such as a coronavirus is usually achieved by our body's own immune defence system

Shane B. Murphy

shanermurph

*BLOC TECHNIQUE THREAD*1) Rally Point-Demonstrations always have a set meet-up location, often at a park or local monument; where people assemble prior to a protest march mobilizing. The route may

IrishWomenInHistory

IrishWomenin

Ottilie Patterson (born 1932) grew up in Northern Ireland. In the early 1950s she moved to London to become a professional jazz singer. Muddy Waters, then at the peak of

Maggie Garrett

maggiefgarrett

A few (belated) thoughts on Espinoza (yesterday's churchs/state and private school voucher program. 1. The outcome is not unexpected given this S Ct, but it is still a huge blow

David Nunan

dnunan79

Our latest publication revisits a well-known problem: reporting of relative effect estimates without absolute effects in journal publications of clinical trials:https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/01/31/bmjebm-2020-111489on this issue(&q

Modelio Equity

Modelio_Sthlm

1. A company that has been brewing just outside our Top-5 for some time now is the electroporation (EP) company MaxCyte. Modelio assesses it as one of the best investments

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