#Scientists

Samo Burja

SamoBurja

Leo Szilard was the physicist who first conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and patented the idea of a nuclear fission reactor.He tried repeatedly, and failed, to leverage his scientific

ATHI GELEBA 🇿🇦

AthiGeleba

Dear students, parents, and non-scientists,Greetings. For those who are lazy readers, please proceed directly to paragraphs 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 15. The more progressive citizens are welcome to

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie

mbmpolicy

An excellent article in today's @spectator by @ProfAliceS about the importance of sex-disaggregated data and concern that more and more organisations are failing to collect data on sex or conflating

Rob Leone

robleone

The frustrating part of this class size debate is that it's not JUST the money. It's capacity. To get down to 15 students per class, we would need 30-35 thousand

Lisa Mackenzie

lnmackenzie1

The debate about the language used in campaigns to encourage women to attend cervical smear tests also provides an opportunity to consider arguments being made about the importance of collecting

Ron Reece

Mujhunter

1. I think it's time to bring up the name of Ralph Baric, of Baric Labs, in this discussion over therapeutic treatments for COVID (and other Corona Viruses).You see, Baric

Ryan Hill

RyanReedHill

Hey academics on Twitter:Have you ever been scooped?Do you worry about getting scooped?My job market paper estimates the consequences of getting scooped in science using cool data from structural biology.Let’s

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

What is Political Science? [THREAD] This week, I tweeted . This (understandably) led to A LOT of responses and alternative definitions.https://twitter.com/ProfPaulPoast/status/1387146043255672832 Before going into those responses, a few poi

Micah Zenko

MicahZenko

Study of 6,794 Gates Foundation proposals finds female proposals are scored lower than male ones, even w/ blind review process. Key reason is men use more broad descriptive words, women

Sridhar R

Sridhar67

Has Pesticide use come down as claimed by @MahycoGrow & #Monsato? NO, says #DrKeshavKranti with data. The pesticide use for #PinkBollWorm came down first & then increased, with pest resistance.

Rep. John Rutherford

RepRutherfordFL

The Chinese Communist Party must be held accountable for their #coronavirus cover-up. For months, they hid data, silenced scientists & healthcare professionals, & limited information to the rest of the

Jacinta Keast 柯洁欣

jacintakeast

1/8 Trending post on Chinese social media in Australia this week - Charles Darwin University Engineering prof accused of racism over wording in a COVID-19 themed homework assignment #auschina 2/8

Ruel

rue_la_rila

The Legality of the Manila Bay Project and the Need for an Environmental Compliance Certificate: A THREAD PD 1586 requires Environmentally Critical Projects and Areas (ECPs and ECAs) to obtain

Jennifer Kong

JennKong07

Tomorrow is my postdoc-versary! Five years ago, I started my postdoc in the @RohatgiLab. Thankfully, I still love the research. A bit surprising because, after 7 yrs in grad school,

Jade Ealy

jadeealy14

A thread of information about the biochemistry & biology of COVID-19 that I learned in my molecular biology course as a junior biochemistry major at UT: The SARS-Cov2 virus (COVID-19)

BlackInGeoscience

BlkinGeoscience

Let’s discuss #AtmosphereSoWhite. This is a discussion so feel free to reply and quote any questions on this thread. We just ask that folks (non-black allies) are sensitive to stories