#SCIENTISTS

Apoorva Mandavilli

apoorva_nyc

NEW: We know children rarely get sick from the coronavirus. A new study shows that they make a less diverse and weaker set of antibodies than adults do, suggesting that

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

With data that has emerged in the last week, I'm now 80-90% convinced that infections by the UK variant virus (Pangolin lineage B.1.1.7, @nextstrain clade 20B/501Y.V1) result in, on average,

MoCoTeachersUnite - Paid Shutdown Now

mocoteachers

We're getting tired of people saying there is "scientific consensus" that schools should be open right now, when that is not true. Here is a compilation of epidemiologists, physicians and

James Mendelsohn

jmendelsohn77

As promised the other day, a thread about why campaigns to ban shechita (kosher slaughter) rest upon a highly misleading claim which is in some ways comparable to the claim

Denier And Proud

ZSRenn

1. The oceans are being killed.I agree plastics in the ocean are a problem. Where that plastic is entering should be found & eliminated. The blooming phytoplankton, after Hurricanes reduces

srdjan ostojic

ostojic_srdjan

During my physics undergrad, I have never heard of Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). Why? Almost all matrices in physics are symmetric, and in that case SVD reduces to eigenvalue decomposition.

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

A case of the '#SouthAfrica' variant has been detected in the UK. There's also talk about a 501Y mutation in Wales.It's getting confusing!First: all 3 of these 501Y mutations are

Condensed Matter Theory Center

condensed_the

There is a huge misconception, not just in popular press but even promulgated by scientists who should know better, that the recent retraction-related development in Majorana physics dooms topological #QuantumComputing

Francis Lynn

nictitate

A personal and unshared story about science funding in Canada: In 2010, my Dad took early “retirement” from his academic position at the University of Guelph, in part to make

Thinking hat

ThinkActTank

An (un)scientific thread : Things we never thought one would hear / see / even imagine. ...(PS - see how most were ‘researched’ abroad)Disclaimer/not responsible for media interpretation of facts1.

AL 🙂

Metabo_PhD

1/ 6 weeks ago I wrote a thread explaining why #SARSCoV2 is most likely an endemic #coronavirus, & as a result, how utterly unscientific the concept of #COVIDZero is. Never

Andy Cowper

HPIAndyCowper

Well. This is a thing from Alan. “The case for the defence of the Health Department during 2020 is that we backed a lot of horses,. The majority of them

Pep Canadell

pepcanadell

THREADAs 2020 comes to an end, I would like to thank the superb leadership and committed contributors to the @gcarbonproject this year, which for the first time ever, has led

USGS Earthquakes

USGS_Quakes

Have you ever felt a quake & thought that felt MUCH bigger than the magnitude reported? Our new research explains why.Big magnitude quakes produce big shaking. Small quakes shake a

Dr Amy Heffernan

DrHeffo

1. On mentoring as an initiative to drive gender equity for #womenInSTEM (and NB folk), a thread 2. Mentoring in many forms - peer to peer, formal & informal programs

Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)

GertrudRey

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Does not Work for Treating COVID-19. THE END. ***Warning! This post may be an emotional trigger for some! I’m just presenting the facts.*** Long thread. (1/n) Sometime at

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