#Variation

Now that - FINALLY- I'm done with the 'Too Many Damn #Dinosaurs' (TMDD!) series at #TetZoo (in which I talk about claims that there are just too many sauropods in
Read more
unasked-for advice: when i was preparing to enter this industry, my focus was on rocking the boat as little as possible. "don't give anyone a reason to dislike you" mentality
Read more
Some unique food from Bihar Gaya: Tilkut, Anarsa (sweets, desi, famous)Baadh (near Patna): Laai (a dry sweet)Nalanda: Khaja (dry sweet; much loved) (1st 4 pics)Maner (town near Patna): Boondi laddooDeogharh:
Read more
Love to see this new work from @fleventy5 @jfkelso @maxplanckpress outlining Neandertal and Denisovan Y chromosomes. New evidence of genetic mixture of Neandertals and third population closer to today's people.
Read more
Today Priya Rajasethupathy and colleagues @RockefellerUniv published a truly groundbreaking paper that changes how we think about memory https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31152-1 Let me break it down for you [thread] 1/n She
Read more
I'm getting tons of questions about what happens if Trump dies before the election? Or after? Is it Pence or can GOP just pick anyone they want? 25th Amendment? And
Read more
What do the suggestive Black Wolf of Canada and the proud Gray Wolf have in common with the two beautiful girls both from North Europe in the picture? Why do
Read more
Your parents fucked you up, even if they did their best not to.Who you were was stifled in a very fundamental way as a child. The complaint is something like:“If
Read more
Do social assistance programmes reach the poor? @orianabandiera and I look at the evidence from 123 developing countries and find that the poorest are left behind. [Thread] 1/n @Ugentilini https://www.theigc.org/publication/do-social-assist
Read more
Big-brain thread on the Qanon phenomenon. At first glance, it's just a stupid fantasy for boomers and MAGApedes that there are good guys in the American government, not borne out
Read more
Just this week, two different teams of authors published papers showing that cross-country comparisons of test scores (PISA, TIMSS) should be taken with a huge grain of salt. Paper 1:
Read more
~~RYM's Top 20 of 1974 Ranked~~90%+ of this list was completely new to me so was very excited to try them all out! 20. Jorge Ben - A Tábua de
Read more
Very provocative new paper by @dylanhmorris @jlloydsmith on effects of temp & humidity on survival of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces. Need to be careful in interpreting most novel aspects of this
Read more
I just learnt that not all Bohras make this. It’s region specific from their origin. It’s quite a “Sidhpuri” thing coming from Sidhpur in Gujarat!https://twitter.com/yusufdfi/status/1247789283005480965 It’s not surprising that all
Read more
The way that Bayleigh played a final 4 game but didn't make it to jury because she's Black will always haunt me. This game and this cast ain't shit. #BB22
Read more
This is a 2015 study. Cloth masks are not effective at all. Many people who are making them are using polypropylene (nonwoven fabric) as a filter layer. You can find
Read more