#SCIENCE

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Some "science journalism": "Virus can hang in the air for days" (researchers aerosolized it in a machine). "Found on surfaces for days." (ahem PCR finding vs. infection risk). N=4 study

James O'Brien

mrjamesob

The tactics are clear:1) Pretend that idiots wishing harm on PM are representative of all govt. critics. (Ignore all examples of harm being wished on govt. critics.)2) Orchestrate pliant MPs

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

Many seem surprised to know that I am Christian, but believe it or not, being steeped in science requires tempering. Just as religion can become “crazed” in ways that predispose

Joe 😷 Hanson

DrJoeHanson

I am angry and disappointed that my government still views prisoner execution as an acceptable act. There are SO many reasons to be morally opposed to this, not the least

Professor Karol Sikora

ProfKarolSikora

Social distancing works.The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimate that before the lockdown one positive person would infect 2.6 other people.Now it's just 0.62.This means the virus is

Martin McPhillips

corpseinarmor

In the small world of scientific genius, there are many battles among the geniuses. They often hate one another. Vanity and resentment fuel disagreements that become wildfires. The liberal scientists

Aaron Hanlon

AaronRHanlon

1) I don’t need a ‘controversial tweet’ prompt for this one: Conventional academic admin divisions (science, humanities, social science) are not only obsolete but reinforce harmful stereotypes and misunderstandings across

Stefanie Ettelt

s_ettelt

Interesting also re role of science in policy. The UK modelling example shows the difficulty of using normative assumptions for empirical analysis. Lockdown not seen as politically possible, so not

Mary Francis

maryeffrancis

1/Being science literate is a vital skill these days. Here are some tips I picked up from @newscientist: on weighting the science of COVID19 2/ Is research quoted properly conducted:Sample

Ryan Saavedra

RealSaavedra

Future news conferences:-Trump delivers prepared remarks on updates/news of the day-Pence takes over the rest of the briefing (including questions)-Trump does not speak at all on scientific matters/does not answer

Luis Lopez-Sangil

bioluisinho

Gentle reminder:Correlation does NOT mean Causality#Science given the unexpected virality, I should post more tweets mixing animal gifs & #Science...(from time to time only)

Global Wetlands Project

globalwetlands

Our new research looks at global threats to marine ecosystems from marine, land and climate stressors 1/n@vivtulloch @ConnollyLab @bluecology @BSHalpern https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320719318889?dgcid=author Total cumulative

Margarita

margaritaevna95

My brother who is a car mechanic is more useful to society than me, a neuroscience PhD or in fact most scientists in general.Those who get angry at this have

vakibs

vakibs

The reason why western medicine is not keen to give up the privilege of surgery to Āyurvēda (which bloody invented surgery in the first place) is that the superiority of

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

Culture-war rhetoric often assumes a fundamental opposition (even, inevitably a war) between something called STEM and something called The Humanities. I'm hardly the first to point out that this is

Peter Foster

pmdfoster

Dom Cummings attending SAGE raises some basic questions for a govt that defends itself by arguing that it acts on only “on the science”. The most obvious is why he