#Science

Why is Jeremy Corbyn so unpopular? His net approval rating is 'minus 60' - that's heroically, historically poor. But why? And is there a way back, like 2017?Been pondering with
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1/ The common sense amongst conspiracy theorists is that the Titanic was sunk because JP Morgan wanted to get people like John Jacob Astor IV (opposed the Fed) out of
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Hello #medtwitter! Join me in my second-ever #Tweetorial re:Can smartphone apps measure blood pulse oximetry reliably? @Marty_Fried @OhioStateIMRes @cjchiu @AvrahamCooperMD @ErinMichos @willcjensen @APNDMD @DrTomasGuerrero @JoeySalibaMD @andrewjohnsm
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“What do we do if no vaccine rescues us” was the conversation I found myself having with some epidemiologists, scientists, doctors & engineers.It felt too early in the morning for
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Le 3 novembre 2020 aura lieu l'élection présidentielle américaine. Et sur TikTok, j'ai vu tellllllllement de contenus passer à ce sujet, que je me suis dit qu'on pourrait en regrouper
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MEGATHREAD - An advertising masterclass from KFC!There was a brilliant interview in @contagious recently with @Hermeti Balarin, ECD @motherlondon about how @KFC_UKI navigated covid's challenges.https://www.contagious.com/news-and-view
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Here's a collection of threads from our scientists:1. @aini1905 , a Primatologist. Read about her introduction to her research here! https://twitter.com/_100SoM/status/1171358457565339648?s=20 https://twitter.com/_100SoM/status/117118455541342617
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In fact, poor nations in Africa need to use more, not less plastic, since doing so will improve people’s lives, just as plastic has improved people’s lives in developed nations
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ShotSpotter in Chicago looks to be a waste of money. And it also seems like a way that contributes to communities of color being overpoliced by being used to send
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Amy Tan: in BC we should be keeping an eye on the variants, actually doing the genome sequencing, not just assuming (as we are) that everyone has a variant. Which
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BREAKING: Great news.SalivaDirect received approval this morning from the @US_FDA.This could be one the first major game changers in fighting the pandemic. Rarely am I this enthusiastic. Here’s why.Follow if
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Last week @googlearts published “Arts Emotions Map” of research done in collab with @GreaterGoodSC @UCBerkeley where they asked people how (images of) art made them feel. I wrote my MI/MMst
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What is "fatality" of COVID19? Still lots of confusion out there about case fatality rate (CFR) and infection fatality rate (IFR). One is what you want to know but almost
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A thread:1) Oxford University, as a world-leading public institution, has a special duty to the global public. Instead of focusing on the £400m Vaccitech IPO, Oxford should show global leadership
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1/ In the @NYTimes: “We have to consider that our first one-on-one date might be on Zoom. The first time we have sex might be on Zoom.”I've studied tech-and-dating for
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Let's talk some science of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes covid-19. So what is it? It's a respiratory virus that can infect the upper and lower respiratory tract (nose, throat,
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