#NATURE

Thomas Viegas

TMRViegas

The global, independent #DasguptaReview on the economics of biodiversity commissioned by @hmtreasury was published today.What does it say? A short thread (1/8) Our economies, livelihoods and well-being all depend on

Chris

glocks75

The land bridge that connects New Zealand's two main islands will remain closed until the country returns to level 1. Due to its narrow, precipitous nature, it has been deemed

Neeta

neetaluvHAY

@natgeo @Avibase @ThePhotoHour @NatureIn_Focus @SanctuaryAsia#IndiAves #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #BBCWildlifePOTD #WildlifePhoto #WeekendWilds My brother's incredible click. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10

Euresilience / Massimo

Euresilience

I’m excited about our new initiative to to strengthen collaboration between European and African astronomers.I’ll explain the project in this thread: The African continent has an immense astronomical heritage. Erathostene,

MagicalReads

MagicalReads

Allow me, hunhttps://twitter.com/theeBOOTS/status/1303078727140675585 Unlike her sisters she was protecting the innocent before she gained her magic powers. Being kind, selfless and a savior was not an obligation, it was in

Dr Kevin Purcell

kevinpurcell

Excellent piece from Nature in 2019 with both new results and a great summary of previous work.Worth reading for the details.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38808-z “The particle emission rate during speech is linearly correlated

Claire Mills

claire_mills3

1/ This paper is very interesting:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38808-z It summarises some of the literature on the aerosolisation of particles during speech and reports impact of increasing speech volume on aerosolisation. Here's my

Darryl

RedLFCBlood

Muslims use Diodorus Siculus, to prove Mecca is an ancient city, Siculus lived pre Islam between 60 BCE and 30 BCE, they Cite his comments in his works Bibliotheca Historica:

CAPE Alberta

cape_ab

"I was raised by the Rocky Mountains and the nature that surrounds them. I would make jam from the wild berries that grow off the side of the highway, make

douglas rushkoff

rushkoff

The unemployed coal worker doesn’t want to be retrained to build solar panels for a company thousands of miles away, owned by venture capitalists aligned with progressives screaming about climate

Motolani 'priMO' Alake

OneMotolani

Artist development has three problems in Nigeria;1. Ignorance2. Impatience3. AssumptionThe developer and the artist know fuck all about what is required, both of them think it's about generating rhythm to

Saj Ahmad

Sajidah

Have been thinking a lot about the #AmyCooper incident. Not sure if its the fact that the guy is a birder and that he remains so calm despite the danger

Moh El-Naggar

BioPhysicalMoh

An interesting paper, concluding that the nanotubes of Bacillus result from membrane-compromised cells after application of compressive pressure. I wouldn't extrapolate from there to other organisms or no mechanical stress

Swetha Boddu, IFS

swethaboddu

THREADAs I complete my probation this week, here's a recap on how comprehensive #IFS training is, especially for those who ask me if #women can opt for IFS -#HorseRiding @

Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

I've put down some estimates of COVID-19 infection fatality rate (IFR) in Mumbai during 2020. To estimate IFR you need: (1) the number of deaths (the numerator) and (2) the

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

To understand a global pandemic we need global data.But even more than one year into the pandemic some of the most basic international data on COVID is missing.Just because there