#Biology

Dave “it’s my last name backwards” Baltrus

surt_lab

So, given that I’m rapidly becoming an old white dude in science. Here’s what I try to do when faced with situations where I witness bias in action(This applies to

Robert McNees

mcnees

Physicist Freeman Dyson was born #OTD in 1923. He was known for his work in quantum electrodynamics and –– among many other things –– his eschatological musings about physics and

Dr Adam Rutherford

AdamRutherford

I'm seeing a lot of chat about PCR and COVID, some of it quite bonkers. So here’s a PCR 101. DNA is very small and therefore not easy to detect.

Capel Lofft

CapelLofft

I know various people who have pretty non-woke views (on some issues at least). When I try to warn them that soft totalitarianism is coming, they just think I'm being

Alex Aragón

AlexEatsAnApple

The first paper/chapter of my PhD is finally out! We followed the root development in the #fern #Ceratopteris. This was made because we wanted a well-established fern species to do

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rebeca6169

“I strongly believe in the importance of the scientific approach. Yet...the sciences have lost much of their vigor, vitality and curiosity. Dogmatic ideology, fear-based conformity and institutional inertia are inhibiting

Howard Steen

HowardSteen4

1/n The ‘Grand Covid Illusion’ is one of a novel virus causing a mysterious deadly new disease that really never was.It is a story of the misuse of science &

Carnivore Aurelius ©

KetoAurelius

REWIRE YOUR BRAIN AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE…A ThreadFeeling stuck? Change starts with changing your consciousness.This is a long one, but understanding this will change your life in incredible ways. How

Fred Connelly

brendonconnelly

I'm now going to ad-lib my long-threatened thread about Mission: Impossible and my single favourite sequence in motion pictures (take that, Red Shoes ballet sequence). Here's the film on the

Nicolas Petit

CompetitionProf

1. Short thread on Google/Fitbit. Uncut version of what I said to @frogontheroof yesterday.https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-gives-google-a-christmas-gift-clears-fitbit-deal/ 2. The first Q was "is this paradoxical given the US wants

Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India

PrinSciAdvGoI

1/n “..There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has

very gay female 🏳️‍⚧️

garbaggios

I believe the vitriol sent towards Abigail in november for this tweet and her subsequent coming out provides us an excellent opportunity to discuss the harm identity politics-based discourse causes

Write Winger

RealWriteWinger

1. Critical theory is taking socially binding norms and flipping the narrative to make them pejoratives, pathologies, and oppression that must be fought in order to destroy the strengths &

Khoi Dao ✨🌸

khoidaooo

Hey so I’ve gotten some really sweet messages from Genshin players of various Asian backgrounds, regarding hearing someone w/ my name + accent in the gameI wanna take a sec

Helena Shomar

HelenaShomar

Happy to share our latest pre-print about how we identified the barriers that prevent FeS enzymes from functioning within non-native hosts.If you're a synthetic biologist tired of your cool FeS

Brandon Keim

9brandon

Extremely surprised, in a good way, to wake up to an NYT science section article confronting basic — but controversial and uncomfortable and few people want to think about them

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