#Scientists

Peter Daszak has blocked me on Twitter and I honestly consider that a compliment. I think I'm on the right track with my research. Far be it for me to
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Bit of climate and environment news around today IMF says a combination of carbon pricing and green stimulus would turbocharge economic recovery from the coronavirus - by @murpharoo https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/13/imf-warns
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me reacting to the debate a thread the way trump canNOT SHUT UP LIKE DAMN EVEN HEATHER DUKE COULD SHUT UP BUT- “it’s a very political thing”“people would rather make
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People who keep saying that we should ignore stay at home orders and that we will defeat the virus through going out and “strengthening our antibodies” .... wtf do you
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'...#Pangolins were once a prized item in the markets of #Gabon's capital Libreville, but bushmeat sellers have started hiding the small, scaly mammals behind boar legs and porcupine carcasses...'https://www.france24.com/en/20200316-pango
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What they don't teach you about the Father of Taxonomy, Carolus Linnaeus in Evolutionary Biology class, is in his first volume of Systema naturae, which describes what we know now
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We spent a great deal of time before that discussing the dire need for ventilators. Asking what warnings your boss and other governors received on February 9 — before Mardis
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This article correctly and powerfully documents the political pressures in the CDC.It mysteriously downplays the fact that the reason CDC was so easy to push around is they flagrantly ignored
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says the harasser who was banned from campus and resigned.oh, so I avoid libel, he very much denies the charges. but he also seems to deny that racism in academia
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The biggest problem in science is the myth that every scientist can make true, novel discoveries, and worse--- that we incentivize smart people to claim discovery, while giving them massive
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Yearly cursed/nightmarish science articles thread. Will include articles from past years for completeness since old threads have been lost. (04/25/2017) An artificial womb successfully grew baby sheep — and humans
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You know what breaks my heart? The majority of people I see wearing facemasks in shops are elderly, at risk, people. Trying their best to stay safe. And if I'm
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At the current rate of vaccination (about 300,000 doses a week) and with some 14.2 million jabs still needed to reach estimated target herd immunity of 70% in a population
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Sexual orientation can change. Sexual orientation can be a choice. Gender identity can change. Gender expression can be a choice. Many people don't experience these as choices, but some people
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The Chauvin conviction is good, but thinking it fixes the deep problems we have in US police forces is like thinking that electing Obama fixed systemic racism. My son reminded
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https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1350520061254103040 Including a convicted pedophile lacks judgment—financially benefiting is disqualifying from public leadership. https://thetech.com/2019/09/12/lander-denies-epstein-association-despite
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