#Science

Steven Sinofsky

stevesi

More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study https://apnews.com/a5077c7227b8eb8b0dc23423c0bbe2b2 #science The thing about this is if it happened to be a "cure" it was totally for random

Newman Nahas

NahasNewman

Great essay by @mlipsitch. But I must disagree with one thing, a big thing. Contrary to the essay’s implication, it is NOT “good sense” that any action— however excessive—is justified

RealScientists | Erin

realscientists

One of the things I appreciated most during my time as @fulbrightBELUEU grantee was seeing how ppl do science in another country. I knew the techniques, instruments, and general protocols

Philip Loring

ConserveChange

Doing science, and especially social science, is a political act. Researchers are in unique positions of power. We make choices about what sorts of science to do, what aspects of

Todd Ξ Herman

toddeherman

.@JayInslee, @GovInlslee pretends to like science & dataLockdown not based in science, social distancing invented by 14 y.o girl https://bit.ly/2ZHkkwv Japan Beat Covid: No Lockdowns or Mass Testing https://bloom.bg/2XDGIUW Wu

Fernandez-Capetillo

KP_twitt_llo

As scientists we often get criticised in that our discoveries are not relevant for the society, more even so in this COVID-19 crisis. We are not fast, we are not

Doctora Malka Older

m_older

A few years ago I went to a Man Ray show in London and learned about Lee Miller, and saw how many other "models" were both models and photographers. The

Nick Pointer

nickpointer_

[THREAD] What a fantastic afternoon unpicking and questioning how to best approach curriculum design in science with the brilliant 2020 cohort of #ExpertMiddleLeaders - as a jumping off point here

Big Joel

biggestjoel

one of the main dissenting comments on the school of life vid is that "it's not supposed to be actual science, he doesn't have to back up his claims, it's

The Sink

TheSink3

TERF mobilization of 'scientific fact' vindicates even the most extreme postmodernists. Its entirely devoid of any scientific understanding and yet the social fetishism of science as good/ honest gives them

Dr. David Shiffman

WhySharksMatter

Hey scientist friends! Let’s fill folks’ feeds with neat science facts! What’s your go-to fact from your discipline to get people to say “wow” and want to learn more? My

Samaya Nissanke #BLM

samayanissanke

In the interest of open discussion, here are some problematic statements I have heard in European collaborations in last few weeks re. anti-racism work in physics: 1) collaboration members may

Dapper in a PAPR, RN

MurseWordsworth

We have so many people who lack even the most basic, elementary school-level science literacy in this country, who cite "decreased oxygen intake" or "carbon dioxide retention" as a reason

Eric Topol

EricTopol

A new study @TheLancetPH today questions the higher B.1.1.7 lethality in a small sample of hospitalized patients with viral sequencing, before there was resource limitation https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)

Chad Loder

chadloder

Well, this isn’t great news but it’s not surprising. SARS-CoV2 is blocking MHC from reaching the surface of infected cells. Sneaky little bastard.HIV, HSV, and HCMV evolved ways of doing

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

21/ I know well over 10 professors who have explicitly told me that they self-censor. I am sure there are many many more. Scientists are terrified to posit certain causal