#Science

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

RevDrBarber

Religious extremists feed Trump’s self-worship by doing what he says. There’s nothing Christian about going back to a building during a pandemic. If you loved your neighbor, you wouldn’t gather

Rachel Anderson

RachelHopeAnd

Biden's #PresidentialAddress last night included a call for a national program of #paidleaveforall. Here's why that call matters. Paid leave strengthens the already-vital bond between parents and children. Are all

Will Gervais

wgervais

A while ago a prominent reformer referred to calls for diversity and inclusive language as "bullshit." Another referenced the inherent tradeoffs one must make between rigor and diversity in science.

Kevin Bass, MS

kevinnbass

Version 13 of the nutrition and health science unreliable/low-quality information listRELIABLE LIST:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A7MCWRiLFuJ9O7h5-srdDQ7FThp9leNTxoouGc9iBpU/edit#gid=1020014575UNRELIABLE LIST:https://docs.google.c

Dr. Rick Pescatore

Rick_Pescatore

The history of medicine is littered w/meds+interventions that “seemed to make sense,” “might help,” or had promising initial data that ultimately ended up causing real harm.The mark of scientific leadership

Mollie B

HrsQuiet

"the dominant DDT narrative was based on the promise of control. ...Natural killers that had ravaged humanity throughout history could now be technologically managed with various types of “control” strategies:

Mama Doctor Jones | Danielle Jones, MD

MamaDoctorJones

Some words on BIRTH AUTONOMY & INFORMED CONSENT:In April I tweeted about the importance of hospital policies avoiding FORCED newborn separation if COVID+.I was torn to shreds by docs here

Robinson Meyer

yayitsrob

1/ Okay, this is a special one. 2/ A few months ago, I brought an idea to @AdrienneLaF and leadership at @TheAtlantic.I wanted to make a new kind of climate

Eric Turkheimer

ent3c

This, from @mendel_random and others. The authors show that correlations between genotype and phenotype (ie, heritability) can arise from at least 4 sources (there are more). Actual genetic causation is

Abdullah Hammoud

AHammoudMI

1/ "Testing is up in MI, therefore cases are up", not exactly true. Epidemiologyon. Let's break it down using SCIENCE - its our friend and helps us understand what's happening.

Matthew Cochrane

Matt_Cochrane7

1/ One of my favorite companies is @Corning $GLW. I hold a small position, but it's not b/c $GLW might make a good investment that it's a personal favorite.No, it's

Giancarlo Fiorella

gianfiorella

People are talking about AI-generated faces (check out this NYT article on the topic https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/21/science/artificial-intelligence-fake-people-faces.html)Aside from creating fake faces, this tech can also ed

Simon Rabinovitch

S_Rabinovitch

Some good recent research on Chinese data reliability: the basic conclusion is that the government has consistently falsified official GDP since 2012.But it's also a bit more complicated than that.

Kendyll (Martin) Burnell

KendyllMartin

I’m sitting here listening to @starstrickenSF and @biologistimo talk about being passionate about their science and allowing the knowledge catch up with that passion as they learn. And I feel

Kayleigh🧬•

KJAOrchard96

This is so fucking embarrassing. I can't help but feel quite sorry for people like this. This lack of education will delay a return to the 'freedoms' they so desperately

Alan Levinovitz

AlanLevinovitz

"I did my own research"A ThreadIn one my classes, a student said they liked to do their own research on scientific questions like masking, instead of just accepting consensus. So