#SCIENCE

Senator Stan Kutcher

StanKutcher

As we move into the vaccine stages of the #COVID19 pandemic, it is important that we combat #vaccine hesitancy and #misinformation and continue to vigilantly follow public health guidelines. A

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Big news from Pfizer, with apparent high efficacy (>90%) based on 94 confirmed COVID-19 cases at their interim analysis.A thread on how I interpret this news. Briefly:"Celebrate, but let the

Adam W Gaffney

awgaffney

Just on a geeky scientific level, mRNA vaccine concept is very cool— coaxing our cells to take in small strips of short-lived genetic code that sit in their cytoplasm, that

AL 🙂

Metabo_PhD

For all the people that’ve been cleaning their groceries, opening door handles with lysol wipes etc, let’s look at the evidence for the fomite transmission of COVID-19 (& asymptomatic transmission

Krish Ashok

krishashok

I've started writing a column on food science for @Mint_Lounge and the first one is about the science of gluten and how to reliably make soft chapathi and fluffy pooriPS:

Kolina Koltai, PhD

KolinaKoltai

Thankful to be interviewed for this new piece by @BrandyZadrozny about the recent culling of anti-vax groups on FB. This is a huge step, but the damage may already have

Hensley Lab

SCOTTeHENSLEY

Our new paper showing that some humans possessed non-neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic is now up at @medrxivpreprint. Importantly, we find that these antibodies are not

Lustrator

Freiwillbettler

Freud's project is to, following the invention of 19th century empirical science, observe the transcendental I (inner sense) and make theories of it. His mistake of course is that you

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

ColdWarScience

This is a very solid introduction to how US suspicions of Chinese researchers is affecting US science, including Asian American scientists.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/fears-about-china-are-disrupting-american-science/6

THE POLYMATH ➐

shahowais__

1) The Book of Ingenious Devices (كتاب الحيل), published in 850 by the three brothers, known as the Banu Musa working at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, Iraq, under

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

A few thoughts this morning. If you get your C19 news from a:1)TV anchor with no science background in 30 second bites;2)newspaper who sponsors content and has their best sports

Alessondra Springmann

sondy

Who wrote this @apod?! Arecibo was not "past its prime". Arecibo was a world-class instrument delivering modern, award-winning science (and not only from its prime focus but its other receivers

HannahTyreman

hannahtyreman

I'm interested in perspectives on the science of learning that highlight areas of critique, caution or nuance. Perspectives that ask us to take a closer look. Here's what I've found

Redi Tlhabi

RediTlhabi

Hi Western media. This "Dark Africa" tone in your reportage is NOT cool. Viruses mutate. The reason you know about "South African" variant is because our scientists have the tools

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

PURE EVIL: Trump EPA just finalized a rule to limit using research to craft public health protections, unless raw data given to EPA—aimed at crippling EPA’s ability to aggressively regulate

Dr Dominic Pimenta 💙 *Please* Just Stay At Home

DrDomPimenta

People talk about science as if it’s a body, an organisation :“Scientists say”, “the science says”, “we don’t trust science”.But that’s not what science is. Science is a verb. A

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