#Biology

Yogi Jaeger

yoginho

A little thread on maybe *the* false dichotomy in evolutionary biology: self-organisation vs. natural selection… Let’s start with Lewontin’s minimal conditions for Darwinian evolution: (1) phenotypic variation, (2) inheritance,

Rajeev Venkayya MD

rvenkayya

THREAD: Vaccine ManufacturingBack in October, I said the Warp Speed timelines were extraordinarily optimistic given the inherent risks of vaccine development, manufacturing and distribution. All of those risks and others

Doncaster Council

MyDoncaster

It’s a rainy, miserable day in Doncaster, which has got us thinking. During #coronavirus, have you wondered why rainy days can make things seem so much harder to deal with?

Tobiloba

seunavic

“Able bodied men” might seem like a more military term but it means “active men” in practical terms. That’s a wrong choice of words but truly agriculture is the way.

Blake Richards

tyrell_turing

1/ I'm very happy to give a little thread today on our paper accepted at ICLR 2021!In this paper, we show how to build ANNs that respect Dale's law and

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

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update June 15: I did a quick roundup of a number of experts on what they see/whats next. I have overlaid my own read too. I learned a ton/here’s

Dr. Anthony Burnetti

TonyBurnetti

New manuscript up on @Preprints_org today! Here, @wc_ratcliff and I take a theoretical approach to examine the evolution of phototrophy, looking at what it tells us about the evolution of

Vineet Pandya

vineeetpandya

How mRNA therapeutics went from being an overlooked & underfunded idea to the strongest weapon in our arsenal to fight the virus. Dr. Karalin Karikó is one of the scientists

Ritika Chopra

KhurafatiChopra

By & large, past Board toppers have good lives. But looking back, many feel school education did not provide the foundation it claims to deliver. We conclude our series (Tracking India's

Andrew Swafford

swaffmoney

Over the past four months since schools closed, I’ve mostly been doing two things: playing video games and freaking out about how to plan a curriculum for a pandemic. Weirdly

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

Your point will only be valid if the women speaking of dick function are the same women who say men shouldn’t opine on abortion. If the woman is someone who

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

1./ Yesterday @jk_rowling expressed concern -again- over the rush to medicalise gay teens. Her concern is consistently misrepresented as "transphobic". If you're confused here's my beginner's guide to the 'gender

Rhys Lindmark

RhysLindmark

1/ @threadapalooza of Sociotechnical Diagrams.These images answer the question: how does tech change society? And how does society change tech? 2/ We can start with the original tech society

UoM MRC DTP

UoM_MRC_DTP

Welcome to the first UoM MRC Science Show!!!Today we'll feature awesome science from @The_MRC students across the UK. Follow along via #UoMMRCScienceShow and if you're an MRC student introduce yourself,

Me and my homegirls

ChimdiTobi

A thread on men in various departments/faculties in OAU, shall we? (Law boys, I'm coming for you ) So #CitationTheMovie is out, and before you people start fawning over OAU,

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