#SCIENCE

Robert McNees

mcnees

Who first obtained the field equations of general relativity: Einstein or Hilbert? For many years this was the subject of debate! Hilbert's paper on the subject was published after Einstein's

Patrick Gaule

patrick_gaule

A thread on my new working paper ‘Why U.S. Immigration Barriers Matter for the Global Advancement of Science’ with @_RuchirAgarwal, @inaganguliand Geoff Smith http://ftp.iza.org/dp14016.pdf 1/N Prior research has shown that

Jack-o'-lantern Jones

JJofBC

Honestly. This sucks. But it is not surprising. At the beginning of the pandemic there was solidarity and the rules made some sense. Now, whether or not the rules are

Glen Peters

Peters_Glen

No matter how much Carbon Dioxide Removal @elonmusk generates, it does not avoid the need for rapid CO₂ emission reductions (for a given temperature level).Adding more CDR (green) just makes

Dr. Liisa Galea

LiisaGalea

As annus horribilis 2020 ends I would like to reflect on what lessons I hope the world has come to understand about the need for greater resources for research, diversity

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Separately, I wanted to address the question of "why do this?" with regards to sequencing of infections involved in the White House #COVID19 outbreak. 1/10https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1323011782714159105 Although the origins o

Caitlin Gorback

CGorback

My first academic publication feels very bittersweet.This new addition to my professional CV comes with personal loss for millions of people across the globe. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094119020300632?dgcid=author1

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

The vaccine conversation took an unexpected turn this week with the decision to prioritise first doses for people who haven't been vaccinated over second doses for those who have. Staff

Susan&

Radio_Collectiv

Why we, a traumagenic system with DID, support all system types:We're not in your head. We have no idea what is going on over there. Therefore we can't judge.But for

Samantha Fowler is Staying Home

fowlersamanthaa

Why do we keep learning about the debunked Stanford Prison Experiment, and what can this teach us about #SciComm? #SciCommSunday 1/9 Inspired by @yourewrongabout’s amazing podcast on The Stanford Prison

Simon Balto is telling you to defund the police

SimonBalto

THREAD.A new research study in SCIENCE, out today, studies how Chicago police officers' racial & gender identities might influence how they engage with Black & Latinx citizens. It's going to

Steve Phelps

evolbrain

Too few scientists recognize how our values and cultural suppositions influence the questions we think to ask, the hypotheses we consider plausible, and the areas of inquiry we believe are

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

In this piece, @DhruvKhullar hits it out of the park on why healthcare workers - particularly our support staff - are appropriately hesitant to get vaccinated against #covid19. (Hint: it's

OG Bobbie Johnson

bobbie

Yes: We aren’t sure that vaccinated people can’t spread the virus.And yes, this is “science” even if it’s surprising to you. In fact, what we know and don’t know about

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charliedrummond

I’ve been thinking about ideologues a lot lately. I’m thinking of intelligent, educated, capable people here - often scientists or economists or educators or professionals in their own right. Who

Ines Alvarez Rodrigo she/her 👻🏳️‍🌈👻🔬

InesDoesScience

Still thinking about friday's sobering #scicomm lesson.TL,DR: Black Panther actress Letitia Wright shared an extremely problematic video + concerns about the COVID vaccine, including it using luciferase enzyme somehow and

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