#Scientists

Economists will provide most of the public-facing commentary from academics on the big $170 announcement today. And good! Economists are great and have contributed and will contribute so much to
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1/4 I'm just as disappointed as everyone else about being asked to limit Christmas to our own bubbles, but here are my thoughts. For years, I have sacrificed Christmases &
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I get that everyone wants to read and publish everything for free - and they should be able to: all transaction costs are barriers to participation. But we need actual
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So, if I’m getting this right, we’re in the midst of a systemic competition with China which will determine whether the future of the world is characterized by freedom and
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One of the many ways Europeans have expressed antiblack racism is through their denials that Africa has a history.One way they do that is to describe Africa as entirely cut
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00341-3 I don't normally do this, but it's time for a thread rant. I was hunting through journal feeds today and stumbled on this article in Nature from last Friday.
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Humanity, just 0.01% of all Earth's life, has wiped out 83% of all wild mammals and half of all plants. 70% of all birds left are poultry chickens or
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1/5: I’ve severely criticized Dr Atlas since his appointment, but make no mistake he was only one of several mouthpieces for a far reaching and deliberate antiscience disinformation initiative led
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Curious about how herd immunity works? Want to know how far we are from getting there? My latest #coronavirus story in the @washingtonpost is for you.'A vaccine, or millions of
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Ministerial self-criticism incoming:Joe Rogan has the most popular podcast in the world and his shows often exceed 2-3 hours in length. Each episode receives millions of listens/views with guests including
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"In July 1979, shortly after installing a set of solar panels over the West Wing, Jimmy Carter did something peculiar for a peacetime president. He asked Americans to sacrifice: to
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Today is the 6th International Day of Women and Girls in Science...a perfect time to recognize the critical contributions these @NRCan-Canadian Forest Service #WomenInScience make every day. I'll let their
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The Law of Wasted Effort...Do you know that lions only succeed in a quarter of their hunting attempts which means they fail in 75% of their attempts and succeeds in
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At a time of deepening partisan politics globally, Ardern delivered a masterclass in how to lead a nation beyond tribal party politics & what is fascinating about this for political
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So frustrating for scientists to find that data regarding SARS2 natural origins cannot be accessed. Today, we discovered that the Natural Insertions paper published on June 8 in @CurrentBiology doesn't
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Here's a thread of papers and surveys I find useful in conversations about being LGBTQ+ in STEM: Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM."more likely to experience career limitations, harassment,
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