#Scientists

Dear Scientists: Is your research just?Knowledge is power, and scientific research shapes and changes the world just as much as it describes the world. This thread is meant to help
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Many scientists believe that the rise of novel viruses like SARS-CoV-2 is being driven by rising resource extraction. If that's the case, we will likely see many more pandemics in
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Now that Dr. Fauci is saying we may need up to 90% immunization for herd immunity, I'll say what I've been thinking in a wonkier way. 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/health/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-n
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Britain could vaccinate its way out of lockdown by April 7th+ UK is on course to finish injecting all over-50s on that day or SOONER + Signs jabs are 'already
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I've noticed a kind of tribal individualist that's common online. They move in mobs, make nearly identical objections, claim not be a group or believe in groups, and are extremely
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"We suggest that professional associations face a conflict between a logic that prioritises preserving the integrity of a disciplinary field, and another logic that emphasises the importance of preserving the
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A hazardous waste disposal company in Andrews County wants to handle more dangerous levels of nuclear waste. Now, federal agencies are pondering new rules that could do just that, and
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It looks bad at first glance......but the implied counterfactual literature with a normal distribution around 0 would only happen if we studied associations at random. Instead, scientists often opt to
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@PictureaSciFilm is not a one-sided story but it is a truth that discrimination is real for #WomenInSTEM, our panelist @GrinuMathew We just started the panel discussion. Join us!https://twitter.com/CUNYPostdocs/status/1336016560020975619 Ku
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The Fourth US National Climate Assessment was released on Friday. Since then, a number of politicians + pundits have made statements about it that are not accurate. As an author,
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Be it resolved: #ClimateChange is no hoax, nor is it a part of our Earth’s natural cycle. The Climate Change we are currently experiencing is real, it is manmade and
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Updates. After reading some more sources, I expanded the History & Significance sections. Click the link to read the whole thing & provide feedback (by directly editing or discussing in
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You may know George Washington Carver as one of America’s great agricultural scientists, but are you familiar with his conservation legacy? #EarthOptimism Carver highlighted the need for agriculture to be
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A thread of random questions for when you’re bored, QRT your answers!! (feel free to skip any questions that u dont want to answer) Hope it's gonna be interesting!1) let's
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I realize that I want to say more about plastic, justice, and the ocean. And it is this: we have the entire plastic in the ocean problem exactly backwards.https://twitter.com/MiriamGoldste/status/1304435775803715585 Since
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Stunning misinterpretation by @Clarivate/@WebOfScience in their decision to suppress citation counts for all papers in @Zootaxa. This damages the entire field of zoological taxonomy, and in particular researchers from developing
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