#Science

Tom McWilliams

tom_mcphagy

I have encountered some strong opinions in Finland on “who should express an opinion” on #COVID19. Science works best when a diversity of thought can flourish. No person/agency is beyond criticism. Data/evidence

Ross "FollowtheScience" Levine

rosslevinemd

Some reflections on the challenges of being a scientist right now1. The fundamental, unspoken challenge is the stress induced by uncertainty about the future (science or more broadly). It impacts

Taz

Suburbanbella

This is the kind of crap that makes me see red and my language blue. This deceptive bulls**t. Physicians know the difference, so do PAs. Who won't? The public. And

Justin Lessler

JustinLessler

Thrilled our paper on household #COVID19 risk and in person schooling is out in @ScienceMagazine rapid release!https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/04/28/science.abh2939w/ MK Grabowski, @andrewazman, @khgrantz, @Lizstuartdc, @C

hal 👾

halhod

i wrote about contact tracing apps this week. their value, if any, is to optimise a large testing regime. more interesting is the massive sensor network Apple and Google can

Murad Banaji

muradbanaji

The fatality rate that @fayedsouza refers to is the "case fatality rate" (CFR). Let's remember that it tells us almost nothing about the true "infection fatality rate" (IFR) in India

Tim Requarth

timrequarth

Excited to join these excellent panelists to discuss neuroscientists & #scicomm today @ 3pm. @neuromatch @crozSciTech In anticipation, here are 5 tips for scientists who want to write about science.

TheLifeofScience.com

labhopping

Inspired by @Alexis_Verger we're going to do an Indian edition of #366womeninSTEM :) We will attempt to highlight a Indian womxn (& non-binary persons) in science a day throughout 2021

James Cranworth

JamesCranworth

1./ What we have witnessed this year is international group think overreaction, fuelled by Chinese propaganda and a media frenzy, for a virus that never really was any worse than

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knafehklub

STEM majors who don’t think they should have to take humanities courses be likehttps://twitter.com/independent/status/1259080898219212800 I guess this is the part where I follow up or whatever so 1) this isn’t

Titania McGrath

TitaniaMcGrath

MEDICAL SCIENCE IS OPPRESSIVE: IT MUST BE BANNED (thread)For too long, so-called “doctors” have bullied and dehumanised those who do not conform to their perceptions of “wellness”.They have tried to

Kris Sabbi, PhD

KrisSabbi

Ok, now that I've slept a bit... I am incredibly proud to announce that I celebrated the 50th Anniversary of #EarthDay by (successfully) defending my #PhD! I must admit,

Steve Ormerod

SteveOrmerod

Our new @globalchangebio paper shows how things align to enable research. In outline: a river bird, the dipper, ingests 00s of #microplastic fragments daily through their insect prey, also feeding

Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫

BostonJoan

There are so many lessons to learn about what is and what is not a bot on the Internet. It’s important to know!This CM study made a bold claim about

Ronald D. Cohn

ronald_cohn

Children half as likely as adults to get coronavirus, study says https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/22/children-covid-19-adults-data-coronavirus?CMP=share_btn_twInteresting article about a recent review on the role of children in

Trevor Parsons

DartmouthCommon

I would just add, that here in #NovaScotia the only politicians listening to the scientists re #ClimateCrisis is the @NSNDP & @NSGreens, & no politician at #Halifax city hall has