#Science

Let's get another thread of science labs. Share pics/vides of your setups, include a one line explaining what we're looking athttps://twitter.com/quantumlah/status/1260784873792368641 Some great ones in this threadhttps://twitter.com/drlightx
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The "Cheddar Man" Hoax (thread):Back in early 2018 we were bombarded by every major news outlet telling us that the first Britons were black. A claim made based on the
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Hindsight is 20/20 they say, it's easy to be wise after the event. But now we have archives of what were were thinking back then, and I'm having a weird
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Life on Venus? Quick thread with links to more info. First, the press release from @RoyalAstroSoc: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venusShort version: a molecule was detected in the atmosphere of Venus that MIGHT have
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If you had asked me two months ago what a pangolin is, I would have guessed that it’s a musical instrument. But, due to #COVID19, this animal may end up
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(1/n) @mckelmer, Environment Report: Science Is Rising to the Occasion (Surfers, Less So)https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/science-environment/environment-report-science-is-rising-to-the-occasion-surfers-less-so/This story motivated me to spend
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I hope we're seeing the beginning of the end of gender ideology. It is regressive, authoritarian, profoundly sexist & misogynistic, and is creating a terrible medical scandal.It happened because too
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UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH: The conflation of "luck" and "randomness" is one of the most intellectually lazy things we do in our society. Time for a thread 1) Randomness (or random
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At long last, my piece on sexism in research is live at @washingtonpost. (It will be in print on Tuesday.) A brief reporter's notebook follows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/sexism-science-medbikini/2020/10/23/4ac00e0a-1229-11e
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Einstein’s theory implies a “block universe” in which the passage of time is an illusion. Though this timeless view of reality remains popular, it’s hard to square with quantum mechanics,
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D-Dimer: D-dimers are a degradation product of fibrinogen, a mesh of fibrils that stabilises platelet plugs. They represent two D-domains of fibrinogen joined together, and a cleavage point in fibrinogen
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This analysis is really frustrating, and not something I would signed off on at @FiveThirtyEight. Let me try and go through some of the reasons why.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/us/politics/wisconsin-mail-voting.html 1. The framing: one
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Hey, if wearing a stylized nurse outfit in a music video is considered fetishizing nurses, shouldn't it mean that wearing stylized school uniforms would be fetishizing students?I mean come on,
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Watching Star Trek the motion picture for the first time in probably 20+ years.Decker: welcome to my shipKirk: my shipDecker: whatKirk: I'm the main characterDecker: you're old and stupidKirk: that's
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1/10 #THREADThis is my least read investigation & that tells me something RE public sentiment in #TOpoli #ONpoli #CDNpoliEveryone is so saturated in conspiracy theories, they're now denying scientific research
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the latest push for masks has been as "source protection"it's not about you, it's about being considerate & not spreading COV to othersit's a great PR soundbite and virtue signal,
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