#SCIENTISTS

Matt Clancy

mattsclancy

Does the pressure to publish in academia contribute to bad science? Some evidence suggests the answer is yes. A short thread on some recent research (I wrote more here).https://mattsclancy.substack.com/p/how-bad-is-publish-or-perish-for Fir

Dave Ward

DaveWardGS

Thread. We’ve reached the point where this government are openly taking the piss out of people. Apparently Johnson thinks this series of events can be described as a ‘success’.... 3rd

A New Radical Centrism

a_centrism

1/ I'll respectfully disagree. While blacks commit homicide at a rate 7 times (or more) the rate of whites, this is not the most suppressed relevant fact.Of the most relevance

Chad P. Bown

ChadBown

HELP WANTEDScientists are coming up with COVID-19 vaccines. But their efforts will be wasted unless we set up an enforceable global vaccine distribution scheme now. But this is a trade

John Kemp

JKempEnergy

BRITAIN’s media and politicians are working themselves up into a moral panic about outside exercise and coronavirus transmission. There is no evidence of significant transmission in open air settings with

Urban Chanakya

Urban_Chanakya

I have developed a new found interest in human migration with special emphasis on Indian civilization of late.After reading and understanding many articles published in this field – I am

POLITICO

politico

FYI: The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports are written by career scientists and serve as the main vehicle for the agency to inform doctors, researchers and the general public

Sayed Tabatabai, MD

TheRealDoctorT

(The following thread is inspired by two HBO series; “Westworld” and “Watchmen.” It is about life. And love. It is about anomalies. And ghosts. And control. And it is also

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

I've been very positive about the UK's vaccine rollout, which has been outstanding. But the successes this month only serve to throw into sharper relief the failures of last month,

Ritu (सत्यसाधक) #EqualRightsForHindus

RituRathaur

Tributes to the finest mind & a simple human being on his birthday Genius of Srinivas #Ramanujan can be guaged by d fact that his "one liners" results r still

Paul Lawler

paullawler

Morning all. Some additional comments on @nwcfl statement and letter last night.For a competition to run fairly you cannot allow teams who are allowed fans to play while others play

IAmSciComm | @Annelinda_c

iamscicomm

Scientists believed that humans evolved to have unrealistically optimistic beliefs about much we influence the world around us. But now research is revealing how culture shapes beliefs about action, agency

Dr Eric Levi, FRACS

DrEricLevi

I’m feeling uneasy with this picture. Australia is not a posh bunch of people sipping tea in their scrubs & stethoscopes. Reframing Australia Day as a day of thanks to

James Wilson

jamewils

Psychological scientists Martin Reinmann and Philip Zimbardo came with an idea as to why we are capable of horrible acts. In their 2011 paper," The Dark Side of Social Encounters",

Emlyn Samuel

emlyn_samuel

News today of potentially drastic cuts to science funding from medical research charities due to impact of #COVID19, inc £150m from @CR_UK. Short-term cuts would mean long-term damage to UK

Dena Grayson, MD, PhD

DrDenaGrayson

WORRISOME: infections in the UK soar with mutant #coronavirus strain B.1.1.7 that appears to spread more easily between people.#B117 strain acquired 17 mutations *all at once* (including 8 in the

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