#Science

Anders Sandberg

anderssandberg

Friday physics fun: today is Midsummer Eve in Sweden. Midsummer proper is the summer solstice, when the Earth's axis is tilted most towards the sun in the northern hemisphere and

Akshat | Sarafina stan account

star_stufff

CARL SAGAN'S QUOTES [A THREAD] For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron

Sneha Dutta

the_snehadutta

#Thread The one reason why scientists do not give credence to spiritual knowledge is that they feel it relies upon faith. We looked upon science as a means for solving

Arun Agrawal

gotonura

There is no conservation without addressing poverty, injustice, marginality, and oppression. Conservation "successes" that ignore social processes and outcomes, that ignore people, that are built on repression are NOT WORTH

kyla the pfizer princess 💅🏾💗

melaninxqueen

this is an eco-fascist talking point. there’s not “too many people”, but there’s billionaires hoarding too much wealth and depleting too many resources. instead of worrying about people just existing,

Daniel Holland

DannyDutch

Dr. Deborah Birx serves as the Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the Trump administration. This is her reaction when Trump asks his science advisor to consider using UV light on the

mayor of the losers

mermanchild

Tbh I am against forcing people into doing things to improve themselves because I think people will automatically be resistant to them BUT we need some widespread schooling initiative for

Rachel Coldicutt

rachelcoldicutt

When I wrote this https://www.doteveryone.org.uk/2019/11/better-than-ethics/ last year I hadn’t yet read @schock’s Design Justice or @laurenfklein @kanarinka’s Data Feminism, which have me reframe more succinctly: tech ethics should r

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

The heavy handed waivers are not the only problem facing faculty and students at colleges and universities right now. 1/ Despite surging Covid-19 throughout the country, universities and colleges are

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fmaluver

So for the sake of #science and finals, I have only been drinking coffee for the past five days, nothing else So I'm just gonna leave in this thread, some

Chad Orzel

orzelc

Just being struck by the fact that while I meant to do some physics blogging this month, I've done none, and June is almost over. This is partly because I

Laura Pulscher

laurawildhealth

1/5 #WBTC1 #Conserve1 Flying-foxes can serve as #bioindicators for assessing metal #toxicants due to their large #homerangeMeasuring #pollutants in biological samples from #bats can be used to monitor metals but

Brynn Tannehill

BrynnTannehill

I cannot decide if @AbigailShrier is a liar who thinks her readers are stupid or simply really bad at research, to the point where she should't have a job in

Eric Topol

EricTopol

The variants of concern/interest fall into a spectrum of immune evasiveness, w/ B.1.351 being most; B.1.1.7, B.1.429 least. This property pertains to potential for reinfection & some reduction in vaccine

tien

bigreputatien

storytime about the first time I j*** off and watched p*rn a thread: so I went to a private Christian middle school in 7th grade and I didn’t know anything

Emily Deans MD 👻

evolutionarypsy

Really interesting (follows up on the case of two sets of brothers with severe COVID-19)https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/hidden-immune-weakness-found-14-gravely-ill-covid-19-patients We produce interferons in response to infections.