#Science

Many Historians, most of them who are white western, are questiong the history of Taj Mahal. They say Taj Mahal is a Hindu structure that predates Shah Jahan by severl
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Basically, most people are too optimistic.For example, we like to believe that in the future we will have no illnesses, and when in doubt; misfortunes will more likely affect others
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Thread about activism and academic research (economics & political science in particular)There's a manipulation/intervention theory of causality, that causality is about what we could feasibly change through some hypothetical action
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I have a bit of free time, thought I'd write a smol thread on one of my fav organisms* not a fan of writing Twitter threads, also because my hand
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Important statement from RECOVERY Trial in UK about continuing RCT of hydroxychloroquine. @texhern @HeartBobH @gcfmd @PCORnetwork @ASlavitt https://www.recoverytrial.net/files/professional-downloads/recovery_noticetoinvestigators_2020-05-24
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Etant donné qu'il est longuement fait mention dans ce livre, écrit par @sfoucart, @stephanehorel et Sylvain Laurens, de la tribune #NoFakeScience dont je suis co-rédacteur, je l'ai lu. L'avis donné
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Yesterday I went to two different London A&Es with my 86 year old dad. The staff at the first ( Central Middx ) had no PPE, the staff at the
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1/ Science is often nuanced. Let's look at the hydroxychloroqine paper today. We can spin the data both ways.https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1009/5872589 2/ First, HCQ-is-a-hoax camp: no significant reduction in
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MUST READ THREAD: This message is for all Americans. The last couple of months I’ve watched our country shut down In response to #COVIDー19. Something always bugged me about the
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Cheers and congrats to all the winners! Hugs and beaming to all my fellow nominees! I fucking hate that your glory was cut up by the whiny little death-rattles of
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Candle Making 101 I’ve been practicing candle making for a little over a year and it is a science. [See Thread] Law #1: Wick Size Matters. The girth of your
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As I'm reporting on accessibility issues, I want to share something a source brought to my attention the other day, which is that many websites aren't accessible to people who
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My first peer-reviewed #SciPol publication is out in @SciPolJournal! It's about how state fellowships help scientists shape local policy. Shout-out to our awesome team: @MatSciMatt @DDaCrema1 @RB_Dudek @colemanrharris @clschuerger @melodytantxhtt
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Good morning, ed fam. With so many KC area kids now back in school, let's talk about what the science says about reopening. 1/https://twitter.com/kcur/status/1318196454427561984 First, this was a tough story
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This crime was a tragedy, and the judicial decision is open to criticism, but this depiction of it is false. 1/https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1382649738453917696 Here is the blog post of a French lawyer
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Tenure: The COVID EditionCongrats to all of you out there getting tenure. I hope your stressed out shoulders have moved away from your ears a bit.This post, however, is for
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