#Scientists

@jcrabtree says Teach 🇮🇳 Brahmagupta's Maths! 🙏

jcrabtree

In 1867 the Chinese dropped their maths & switched to British maths as they were concerned about the West producing better weapons via better maths. Ultimately, the better a country's

Ben See

ClimateBen

A 'highly dangerous' planet of unsurvivable heat waves, city-destroying sea level rise, unthinkably destructive storms, and an ever-increasing risk of simultaneous global crop failures & extreme water scarcity is unavoidable

Dr. MichelleTypoQueen

MichelletypoQ

Canada developed insulin.. shared it with the world.. US pharma developes 2 covid approved vaccines, US government hoards it, Jake Tapper offers Canada thoughts and prayers. I'm old enough to

Rhi | wear a dang mask | Kirton

Rhiannon_Kirton

I am still screaming...still screaming. The first two speakers on a panel about dismantling racism in wildlife are...wait for it...white men. I love the scientists who are talking right now

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

"I do not see the names of prominent consultants in communicable disease control at the top table...I have a feeling this is a systematic thing [resulting from] top down control."

🏵ProEU-REJOIN⭐HoldThemToAccount-RemindThem-Resist

OldBobCyprus

LIES EVERY DAYGovernment: We're talking to supermarketsSupermarkets: You're not.Govt: There's a shortage of chemicalsChemical companies: There isn'tGovt: The science has changedScientists: No it hasn'tGovt: We never got the emailE

Helen Ward

profhelenward

OK a thread.That didn't help, but we must focus on the big picture. As I wrote in The Guardian on 15 April, the key tasks are (first 4 remain the

daniel falush

DanielFalush

I am a bit late to this party but this is what I have to say about "Great Barrington Declaration" about COVID strategy. https://gbdeclaration.org/ translated into 24 languages here. Two

Dr Lisa-Marie Shillito

ArchaeologyLisa

A popular #AskAnArchaeologist question is what is the most exciting thing you have found? My answer is always...ancient poop! I’ve found 10,000 yr old goat poop in Iran that showed

Natalie Dalea

nmdalea

Doing what I was born to do, which is write about bats I missed a meeting because I forgot what time it was because I was writing too much about

Alex Berenson

AlexBerenson

1/ Okay, here’s the kind of conspiracy theory I can get behind. (No - I am NOT saying it’s true, just that it’s more interstng than most.) we all know

Daniel Engber

danengber

oh, for crying out loudAnother op-ed in the New York Times that worries over the "the rapid-fire world of preprints, especially amid a pandemic when there are strong forces aligned

Chad Topaz

chadtopaz

This morning's thread: Chad contends with public damage done by a colleague. A.K.A. I swear, we DO know how to do (and teach) mathematics and statistics at @WilliamsCollege. A.K.A. I

Fight the war on the poor

VivetVeritate

Scientific and medical research should be funded by the government or the public for the benefit of all.Research projects should be based upon merit not what is the most profitable.Under

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_air_in

Y’all. Fill out the census. Please. How many hospitals your city has? Determined by the census. How many community health clinics your city has? Determined by the census. How much

Everyday Astronaut

Erdayastronaut

The next time I hear someone say "Do your own research" when dealing with topics like pandemics, climate change, the shape of the Earth, etc etc, I'm going to demand