#Science

It's Saturday, so it's time for another oil history thread. This week: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, the great Persian scientist, doctor and alchemist, who lived between 865 and
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As we wind up 2020, managing editor @GopiWarrier dived into the 570+ stories we published this year, emerging with a curated despatch from nature's frontlines in India. Read this #thread
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What if 2m/6ft is not enough? I'm concerned our 'opening' guidelines & restrictions may not be considering airborne microdroplet transmission of #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 sufficiently. What does that mean?Let's talk. (Over
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This will be a thread on why I defend other intersex women who are XY, despite getting the "pass" due to my ovary and uterus. Why I focus on
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Thread: Who is Casey Wasserman? What is the Epstein/Clinton connection? 1. We have seen a lot of things transpire since the 2016 presidential election such as: The rise of the
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Democracy is promoted as the gold standard of governmental systems, compared favourably to oppressive regimes the world over. But is democracy truly democratic, or is it an illusion designed to
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[41th Thread: Is wishing non-muslims prohibited in Islam?]The objective of this thread is to review critically the mainstream opinion on the prohibition of wishing non-muslims on their festivals, in particular
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Welcome to the end of year Brendan thread. I am going to post every Brendan I have in my phone (253). They're literally just going to appear in the order
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So... briefly our stories...... @Nat_itsme_ukI never wanted to be trans, it took me until 44 to accept who i am, overcome my fears & guilt (my own transphobia) Spent my
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1/ O.k, so after the #ClimateDebate you'll be hearing a lot about ambitious proposals for #treeplanting as means of sucking - sequestrating - carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to help
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FAO: Twitter #COVID19 factchecking hivemind.This is a thread on #HART spokespeople and key members. It has a main post per spokesperson/member for the hivemind to contribute useful biographical insights about
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“Nothing is more responsible for the ‘good old days’ than a bad memory.” Our frame of reference profoundly shapes our perception of reality. Whether you’re a pessimist or optimist, radical
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Ivor Cummins BE (Chem) is a former R&D Manager at HP (sourcre: https://web.archive.org/web/20201106072419/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivor_Cummins), turned Content Creator/Podcast Host/YouTube personality. (Call it what you wil
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As promisedWhy I am Against the Retro-Retro Hugos: A Thread So there has been some suggestions from people to extend the Retro Hugos to years prior to the first WorldCon.The
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1 of 52As our national civics lesson continues to unfold on its march toward our 59th Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2021 and Donald Trump’s second term, 45’s unmasking exercise
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It’s exactly 6 years since I pivoted from a career in Law to a career in Tech And you all know I’ll write an epistle about this Pivoting from
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