#PNAS

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

David Fisman

DFisman

I'm not sure if anyone's in the mood for this, given the state of N America right now, but I keep getting asked whether another wave of COVID-19 is "possible".I

Zeke Hausfather

hausfath

PNAS published a defense of the RCP8.5 scenario by the scientists at @woodsholeresctr. While I agree with parts of it, some parts are also a bit incomplete or problematic. Lets

Jude Abraham 🇮🇱

AravindAbraham

It is racist to suggest some people are less accountable for their decisions/actions due to their race. This is what is known as the racism of low expectations.Please see the

Rewilding Science

RewildingS

1/16 Can you reconstruct past communities from coprolites (fossilized poo)? Yes you can! Our next #RewildingScience study looks at the community structure and feeding ecology of extinct moas from New

Muge Cevik

mugecevik

PHE surveillance report shows that while the number of infections is increasing mainly in 20-29, 30-39 ages in England, SARS-CoV-2 is spreading most in highly deprived areas - where people

Devin Pope

Devin_G_Pope

Economics and Religion: Post 1How does religion impact those that follow it?A good starting point is to consider the impact of religiosity on an outcome like happiness. There are dozens

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1250201276412985344 So, I’ve been working on something this week about the focus on Trump’s decision to implement travel restrictions on China, and the more research I do, the clearer it

Jason T Fisher

JasonTFisherLab

NEW episode of “WTF is Happening in the Canadian Oil Sands?”Today: WTF are we killing #wolves in western Canada? I say “we” because like it or not, it’s a societal

Heather Urry

HeatherUrry

I want to tell y’all about one of my most meaningful teaching experiences. Pull up a chair. I’ve been teaching experimental psychology since 2006. It’s the flagship research methods for

Medieval Rats

archaeoRattus

This just out! A very exciting study on mice, led by @thomas_cucchi & Katerina Papyianni of @Le_Museum, in which I played a bit part (but I think an interesting one)

M.E.Valentijn

ME_Valentijn

The Maximale Controle plan of @MinPres, OMT, and @RIVM will fail for 4 reasons:1) If it succeeds, 137K die.2) Natural herd immunity probably won't happen.3) Precise timing & scaling required

Samuel Sinyangwe

samswey

Lesson 1. Everything you’ve probably heard is a lie. Specifically, the most discussed “solutions” to police violence have no evidence of effectiveness. For example, Body cams don’t reduce police violence:https://www.pnas.org/content

Michael E. Webber

MichaelEWebber

Hey #energytwitter & #sciencetwitter remember the lawsuit filed by Mark Jacobson against @DrChrisClack & the @theNAEng because PNAS published a paper that was critical of his work? That was unprecedented.

Emily Burns😊 DMs welcome #TeamReality

Emily_Burns_V

1/Masks don’t work to stop COVID, though they work wonders keeping kids out of school & unemployment highBut WHY don’t they work? Let’s seeRather than thinking of respiratory aerosols like

Gro-Tsen

gro_tsen

Why the fck is the WHO saying this? I get that they want to discourage the “oh, let's just let everyone get infected” ‘policy’, but “no evidence” at all that