#PLOSONE

Guillaume Frasca

G_Frasca

I launched a thread to talk about bizarre scientific papers. Alas it was written in French but wait no more, here is its English cousin! #improbablescience A comprehensive review of

Marine Life Project

MarineLifeProj

En 2011 se observó por primera vez una enorme congregaciones de más de 200 #ballenas jorobadas (Megaptera novaeangliae) frente a las costas sudafricanas.¿a qué se debe? Matthew Reichel Las ballenas

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Today, we are happy to release a COVID19 app that is unlike any others available. HUNALA allows you to track & FORECAST your personal risk for respiratory disease daily. It’s like traffic apps (eg Waze)

claireopatra🟥🏁

claireopatraaa

RE: brain structural differences in FtMs and MtFs.many of you have seen the argument that transwomen have female brains and that transmen have male brains. however, the studies referenced usually

Ullrich Ecker

UlliEcker

I've been asked a few times recently about how best to debunk misinformation. We've started work on v2 of the popular (but now outdated) Debunking Handbook, but for now, I

WuidQ: Washington University ID Questions

WuidQ

ID Miscellany|physical Exam|Signs|Humanities #idmesh𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚-𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙁𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣)1/11For every 1 deg F ris

slovborg 🦬

slovborg

Back in 1868 Charles Darwin published "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication". Among selectively introduced traits he also noticed a peculiar rare in wild that seemed common across

Daniel Belavy

BelavySpine

Thinking of doing a PhD and wondering what might help you succeed?Supervising PhD students and want the best outcome for them?Thread Summary of work in @PLOSONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236327@AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

ice9

__ice9

Nice visual overview, for those who haven't seen it yet. When researchers discuss interfering with the function of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, they are referring to the knobby proteins protruding

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

KHayhoe

I've spoken before about the generally unhelpful nature of purity tests and the role BP played in popularizing the concept of personal carbon footprint and by association, personal guilt ...

Hugo Mercier

hugoreasoning

Fake news aren’t that big a deal 1 On the 2019 UK general election “Fewer than 2% of links shared on Twitter during our data collection period were identified as

Prof Lynda Boothroyd

drboothroyd

It’s time for my facial masculinity rant – or “how frustrating it was to be right all along and still wrong in ways I hadn’t expected”.1/ In 2002, as a

The Immunologist

eclecticbiotech

A thread on antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) in #coronaviruses. While developing vaccines, treating patients with convalescent plasma, and considering immunity passports, we must first understand the complex role of antibodies in

Stephen Barlow

SteB777

I'd just like to clarify this by defining the problem. I like to highlight the ecological crisis as it is misleading to purely talk about the climate crisis. However, it

Dr. Charifa Zemouri

DrZemouri

Draadje over wat ik met #aerosolen, #infectieziekte heb en #covid19. Ik heb mij sinds 2015 bezig gehouden met aerosolen en infectieziekte die via aerosolen worden overgedragen. Ik deel graag het

Matthew Lesh

matthewlesh

Masks save lives The advice is wrong. We've been told a "noble lie".The studies are clear: any mask, even those made of cloth, can help reduce the spread of COVD-19.Let