#Science

Okay, since it's been about 5 hours since the two initial tweets, here's the results:The tweet with the keywords that bots tend to target got ~3x the exposure overall than
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THREAD: It's #ALevelResults day, so here's everything we can remember from school: English Lit: It’s easier to watch the movie than read the book, everything’s a metaphor for something else,
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I am 100% against prematurely ending lockdown. But I think the people providing the most self-righteous, doom-and-gloom, "life will never return to normal" takes on #COVID19 must recognize that they
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WHAT CAN ARMCHAIR EPIDEMIOLOGY teach us about scientific expertise? Should scientists stay in their lane? Let's discuss ... During the early days of the pandemic, we saw a dramatic
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Last Friday, I hosted a sobering @earthinstitute panel with @ColumbiaClimate & @ClimSciDefense on threats to federal scientific integrity under Trump. The actions of @NOAA chief of staff Erik Noble in
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It definitely matters that the Communist Party rules China instead of some other group, but not as much--or for the right reasons--as China hawks assert.  /1 A Populist, militarist regime
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I watched a documentary the other day called “active measures” and basically since then, I’ve been wondering how much outrage online is real and how much is manufactured in a
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Those who understand industry are busy learning & growing. Rest are busy teaching for monthly salary. Either of these parties don't care about educating you because it doesn't benefit them.
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99% of school work lacks complexity.I was a teacher, I know.We purposefully reduce the complexity of worksheets, tests, and assignments to something that is manageable.Aka grade-able. Similarly, 99% of school
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Any time you want to compare something to slavery, ask yourself some questions:• Are you forced to work for it without pay?• Can it kill you without consequence?• Does it
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This is the thrilling romance of Orthodoxy. People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe. There never was anything so perilous
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Today in #coronavirus news: UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute is among the labs stepping in to fill the still-massive Covid-19 testing void. The Crispr lab is using its own funds
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Friends have been asking me about job searches. To clarify this very opaque process, I'll Tweet everyday this week about my search.Disclaimer: any advice is based on my own experience
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[QUICK THREAD: DEBUNKING 79°41'54" E]1/19For years, Hindutva experts have peddled to gullible suckers a myth. Read about it in this @timesofindia piece from 2016 here. This thread intends to scratch
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La traduction n'est pas une science exacte mais elle demande de la rigueur et surtout elle demande au(x) traducteur(s) de déceler les nuances sans y apporter sa propre perception des
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Sushant Singh Rajput : A tech visionary and a philanthropistSushant Singh Rajput was an actor par excellenceYet there was a little known side to him - one where he intended
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