#Nature

In the reductionistic approach that dominates science, we've tried to categorize even our own physiology into sperate systems such as the immune system or the metabolic system. A number of
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New Nature paper uses genetic evidence to argue that pre-1492 population of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico was **much** lower than previously thought—fewer than 80,000 people.Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03053-2NY Times
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What is the point of literary criticism? (obviously many of the goals can serve each other. But which seems most promising to you as a direction for the field/best characterizes
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Awareness: The Essence of MeditationAs Mingyur Rinpoche often says, awareness is the essence of meditation. What he means is that practicing meditation is a process of exploring the heart and
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In the case you pointed out, 200,000 children were vaccinated in 1955 with a batch of defective polio vaccine where the virus was insufficiently inactivated. 200 children suffered partial paralysis
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It’s not a coincidence that we are feeling drawn to connect to our ancestors, traditions, and more nature-based ways of doing things. The world is about to be shaken up
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Our detritivore faeces paper is just out @CommsBio: Detritivore conversion of litter into faeces accelerates organic matter turnoverA quick summary https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01392-4 In many ecosystems, soil fauna can eat &g
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AstraZeneca and South African variant (B1.351 or 501Y.V2) vaccine study (it took me a couple of days but here it is… We will probably have another COVID drama in a
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Interesting GWAS of human ageing based on PCA analysis of multiple ageing phenotypes (mother and father life span, longevity etc.) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.22.427837v1 As I often recommend, here too effect size plot
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Our report on the genomic characterisation of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in South-Africa is now out in Nature Medicine, a study which was crucial to confidently describe
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On this day, 10 years ago, 2 Letters were published in Nature which started the field of axon initial plasticity. Happy research anniversary: @GrubbLab & @jbneuro, Hiroshi Kuba, Y. Oichi
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One problem with liberals is that, when they’re young, they all go travel and stay in backpackers and meet other liberals from other countries. This gives them the John Lennon
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The global, independent #DasguptaReview on the economics of biodiversity commissioned by @hmtreasury was published today.What does it say? A short thread (1/8) Our economies, livelihoods and well-being all depend on
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Disagree with a published paper? Don't like its conclusions, politically inimical to you? Find the methods imperfect? Do your own research to rebut it. Publish your critiques. But do not
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Why man can never rest.There was this guy on Reddit who said he cries almost every other day, because life is hard, and he hates how society doesn't accept a
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BREAKING: Annual deforestation in the #Amazon is already higher than in 2019, despite still having 1.5 months to end the anual cycle. Data from the Brazilian Space Agency, INPE. Here
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