#Scientists

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

Is the new UK variant the same as the new South African variant (501Y.V2)?No.They both share the same mutation in spike: N501Y (N->Y at position 501). However, the 2 variants

David Leonhardt

DLeonhardt

There is an important difference between taking steps that *appear* to reduce the spread of Covid and taking steps that actually reduce the spread of Covid.A thread... Cal Berkeley has

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

julie_kelly2

Florida is the world’s CV-19 laboratory right now. If there isn’t a huge spike in infections over the next 7-10 days, we will know every single “mitigation” strategy and doomsday

BDF (Black diaspora faggotry)

blacklikewho

Think about it: The premier humanities and social sciences academic institution could not make a deal with the only Black academic association in the federation for the 2021 conference. But

Neus Rosell

neus_rosell

So happy to hear #ISGlobal adheres to the #NoMoreMatildas campaign, from @twitamit_es! Do you know what is the "Matilda effect"? Matilda Joslyn Gage was the first woman to describe

BK Titanji #ILookLikeAScientist

Boghuma

So I went down a rabbit hole of human challenge studies through history, there's some Good, some Bad and some Ugly.1/. Smallpox 1796 - English Edward Jenner tested the world’s

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

The international team working to understand the origins of the #COVID19 virus completed its 2-week quarantine in Wuhan, #China on Thursday. As members start their field visits on Friday, they

Katie Mack

AstroKatie

When I'm asked to give advice to students, the #1 piece of advice I give is this:Just because a subject is hard for you (math/science/etc), that doesn't mean you're "not

Glen Peters

Peters_Glen

THREAD: Climate risks & scenarios[based on a presentation]Financial institutions are asked to assess climate risk “…, taking into consideration different climate-related scenarios, including a 2°C or lower scenario.”So, which sce

Geraint F. Lewis

Cosmic_Horizons

Big day - my PhD student, Zhen Wan’s paper “The Tidal Remnant of a Metal-Poor Globular Cluster” appeared in NatureA big team effort with @sazabi_li @FadAstra @_sarahmartell_ @deniserkal @dougalmackey @alexanderpji

Sonya Legg

SonyaLegg

I have been privileged to know several Black atmospheric/climate scientists over the duration of my career. They might not all remember me, but I met all of these people at

John Wallingford

jbwallingford

Sorry Damon Runyon. You do not get to say "across the country" when what you mean is "Harvard gets three, Stanford gets three, Princeton gets two, but ALL public universities

Nan Hayworth, M.D.

NanHayworth

If I may expand a bit: findings indicate an anomaly in results for the proportion of Trump-only versus Biden-only votes in a given precinct, versus the proportion of straight-ticket GOP

Fatima Tokhmafshan (she/elle) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈

DeNovo_Fatima

Highlights from #CSPC2020 pre-conference panel with @ChiefSciCan, @DrPanch of @NSF & @sudipsparikh of @aaas Read the panel’s take on the following topics: A #scicomm#EDI #SciencePolicy #scicomm:There’s dichotomy in public b/w

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

A little experiment explaining how scientists, doctors and academics have learned not to speak out the truth.It all starts with 5 monkeys... 1/n The Five Monkeys Experiment"An experimenter puts 5

Chris Morten

cmorten2

Aducanumab & FDA transparency in the news. @US_FDA appears on the cusp of approval, & Biogen's market cap surged >$10B, but does the drug actually work? At least one expert

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