#Science

ice9

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Recent research indicates that different strains of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 do indeed have meaningful differences in pathogenicity.This was difficult to confirm previously.SCMP summary article:https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/

नील सरोवर भवेश Neel Sarovar Bhavesh

neelbs

With dedication, efforts and cooperation of all we will soon overcome #Corona pandemic. But we must learn from this crisis. #Viruses evolve rapidly and in future new ones will come;

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

VirusesImmunity

Do some people have cross-reactive antibodies to #SARSCoV2? If so, who are they? And are these cross-reactive Abs protective against #COVID19? A fascinating study by @KevinWNg et al provides answers.

Rebecca Hamlin

hamlinr1

When I was a grad student at UC Berkeley, a very famous political science professor of mine told me that I seemed “fundamentally uninterested in American political science” and made

Los Angeles Times

latimes

The term "herd immunity" has been used a lot lately.What does it mean? Could it work for ?Here's what you need to know https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-09-29/why-herd-immunity-cant-save-us-from-covid-19 Herd immunity

María RG

mrebolleda

Yesterday it was my birthday, so today I decided to announce that I will be joining the EEB department at @UCIBioSci as faculty in the Fall of 2021!!! So please

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

One intriguing aspect of the scientific discussion about #COVID19 measures is how entirely unscientific it feels to me. "Letting young people get infected by the virus is immoral" or "lockdowns

cw of the no peak clan 🌿 READ JADE CITY

artfromafriend

Friends, I do not play Animal Crossing but please send me a picture of your house or island? It is for science*.*the science is that it makes me happy seeing

Jason Koebler

jason_koebler

Please stop sharing Medium posts written by people who have no idea what they're talking about. The recklessness of how this research was rolled out is beyond the palehttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74az9/the-viral-study-about-runners-spreadi

Peter Kalmus

ClimateHuman

A thread on following science. Let's start with COVID.Epidemiologists gave clear, simple guidelines: Keep social distance and wear masks. A few weeks ago in the US, a large herd of

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

This is a powerful critique - but it has one serious misconception. That is, it conflates the advice of the Behavioural insights team at No. 10, based on 'nudge' principles,

Andrew McGuire

agronomistag

Rattan Lal is a prolific writer. One of the risks of producing so much is that you produce some junk. This is junk, pandemic opportunism for the cause of soil

Andy #FBPE #ClimateCrisis #NHS

andycorneys

It’s Roald Dahls Tales of The Bleeding Obvious that Johnson & chums just want the economy back up & running. Well don’t we all? If he hadn’t fuc*** it up

Adam Cooper

draccoops

In response to @NObermeister ever-useful tweets prompting constructive debates in #sciadvice, here's my (provocative??) response to this:1/13 11 reasons why Lawton (2007) is wrong:1. Scientists are, in part to blame:

Nehel Hafeez

nehel_hafeez

- CSS Thread -Deleting my previous tweets on CSS related queries and posting everything here as a pinned tweet so ya’ll don’t have to look for them or DM me

Kris McNeill

krismcneill

This is terrible and self-destructive. I have strong feelings about this that are shaped by my career, which has been both in the US and outside the US. A quick