#Scientists

[THREAD: HYDROXYCHLOROQUININE]1/24@realDonaldTrump calls it the new magic bullet and extorts it from India. India calls it the magic bullet and pretends to be the savior of humanity. Scientists stand conflicted,
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The contemporary demonization of "Brahmins" emerges from colonial evangelical literature where they were seen as "rivals" to the Christian priests and the obstacle in conversion. In reality, Brahmins were respected
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We're not endorsing Biden. And here’s why you’re under no obligation to vote for him either (A Thread). #WhyImNotVotingForJoe As a perpetrator of American empire, Biden enthusiastically supported every war
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Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros https://www.pscp.tv/w/cZqL8DI2MTAyMHwxZ3FHdkVOUGFQZ0tCcb6I4X9b9_B02811RYYIuVxUQ25WALO7b5F-zBJtCQQ= "Today is #AfricaDay – an opportunity to celebrate Africa’s vitality & diversity &
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1/7 A short, updated & ongoing thread about the #ClimateEmergency #wildfires exposing the #disinformation being spread by HORDES of #DenialMachine #trollers.Please bookmark, read & share often/widely, folks.Help fight back against
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New article with @akapczynski, forthcoming @CalifLRev!! "The Big Data Regulator, Rebooted: Why and How the FDA Can and Should Disclose Confidential Data on Prescription Drugs." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3
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The reduction in anthropogenic seismicity in Auckland in the face of the #COVID19 crisis continues today.This from @Geonet's Herne Bay seismometer.https://www.geonet.org.nz/volcano/monitoring/aucklandvolcanicfield https://twitter.com/seismotom/st
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1- Es increíble que los medios masivos se sumen a éstas conspiranoias sin fundamentos. No se puede difundir noticias falsas tan impunemente!Ésta noticia circula velozmente por WhatsApp en Argentina.Quieren que
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In a new analysis, we find there are now 32 countries that have absolutely decoupled economic growth from CO2 since 2005. In these places both territorial emissions and consumption emissions
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A person asked the question, "Why are people so hostile towards President Donald Trump?"Before you pass my answer off as “Another Liberal Snowflake” consider that... 1.) I'm an independent centrist
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The pricing for esketamine is unconscionable. It’s just one stereoisomer of ketamine, which btw works fine.https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/05/700509903/fda-clears-esketamine-nasal-spray-for-hard-to-treat-depression This is Martin Sh
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Grad Student/Postdoc in neuroimaging. Stuck at home with no data to analyse? Do not despair, tons of online tools and data to play during the quarantine. A thread -> N1:
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At long last, my piece on sexism in research is live at @washingtonpost. (It will be in print on Tuesday.) A brief reporter's notebook follows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/sexism-science-medbikini/2020/10/23/4ac00e0a-1229-11e
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Thinking a lot about how we can be ethically critical of public health in the time of COVID-19.By "ethically critical of public health" I mean how to be critical (1)
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A recent study in @nature couldn't replicate drastic CO2 effects on coral reef #fish behaviour & empirically found no effect of #oceanacidification https://go.nature.com/3hK49UR  Our #metaanalysis of the past decade on
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Meanwhile in Indonesia:Krakatau is erupting. Again.Krakatau erupted so fiercely in 1883 that it destroyed itself while wrecking devastation. This is Anak Krakatau, “Child of Krakatau” rebuilt by subsequent eruptionsThis eruption
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