#Science

Post-Culture Review

PostCultRev

There’s this myth that science fiction fans like to tell themselves about how they’re somehow more advanced or imaginative, wanting to explore new worlds and possibilities. But like with anything

Todd Moss

toddjmoss

Is Africa’s energy future renewable or locked into fossil fuels? A @NatureEnergyJnl paper, cited by @BBCNews, projects a massive boom in coal & gas-fired power - and calls for a

Erica C Kaye

EricaKayeMD

I joined Twitter yesterday, so maybe this isn’t the most chill opener…but I’d like to talk bluntly about misogyny in academia. I'm hoping to connect with other folks who are

Tyler Black, MD

tylerblack32

That never means I think school is bad or they should never go, and I certainly think that education, social experiences, and adult-guided childhood development are very important.But it DOES

Bryan Lowe

bryandaniellowe

Interesting history of maks in Japan. While the article mentions premodern precedents, it ignores the example of Buddhism. This reflects a broader erasure of Buddhism from narratives of purity discourse

ResearcHers Code

ResearcHersCode

Good afternoon everyone! Today I'll talk about some Open Science projects that are close to my heart. I've already tangentially mentioned the amazing @turingway project in previous threads. But I

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—Tracing WH #COVID19: WH blocked tracing but 2 journalists donated samples to epidemiologists. “These mutations [in] these viruses are quite rare in US,” Bedford said. “I am highly convinced that

Faisal Islam

faisalislam

Non tariff barriers - one case study:https://twitter.com/bbcmartynoates/status/1346213229027065856 MORE: “New bureaucratic non tariff barriers” contribute to “perfect storm” for Scottish seafood exports“In v short time we could se

Kristian G. Andersen

K_G_Andersen

The "mink mutant virus" stories have focused too much on the mutations and not enough on the fact that we have a raging COVID-19 epidemic in mink. The decision by

Dr. Safa Mote

SafaMote

Thread on "Masks, Einstein, Interdisciplinary Science, and defeating #COVID."In 1905, which @AlbertEinstein called his "miracle year", he published four important papers. One of them was on "Brownian Motion":ht

Christopher Adlam

cxadlam

Hey prescribed fire twitter, I want to talk about risk and liability for a minute. Clearly we need to address these so we can keep boasting a great track record

Philip Ball

philipcball

Meanwhile, in the rest of science... Amazingly, I seem to have written some articles that weren't about Covid this year; here are some of them. (A thread.) This was one

PEG

pegobry

Time to talk about one of my pet issues of concern: string theory. String theory doesn't work, after decades of work by the world's top physicists. At this point, even

FYI Science Policy

FYIscipolicy

[1/16] Thread of science highlights from the huge FY21 spending / pandemic relief / energy policy bill that Congress is planning to vote on this week. Full text here: https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-116HR

Karam Bales

karamballes

1/ Line up of witnesses by @CommonsEd on the science of school closures is very questionable.All four have downplayed transmission, risk to workers and stuck to backing up the government

Sanjeev Newar संजीव नेवर

SanjeevSanskrit

People choosing Urdu as optional in UPSC have overall highest success rate over years. There can be 2 reasons for this.One, papers of Urdu are evaluated at AMU, Jamia by

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