#Natgeo

Dr Timothy Utteridge

timutteridge

#Fridayfact Dipterocarpaceae are an important plant family in SE Asia, ecological and commercially, and lowland forests in West Malesia are known as ‘MDF’ – mixed dipterocarp forest. #Fridayfact The family

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

A couple of weekend reading suggestions for the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings at #Hiroshima & #Nagasaki #WW21) A useful primer by @wellerstein (not just for journalists, either) on

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

Maybe @WHO forgot, but in 2004, the intermediate host of SARS was found within a week of diagnosing an index patient. When you know what to look for, it doesn't

Wénjìng Xú

WenjingXu8

OUR NEW #FenceEcology ARTICLE PUBLISHED @JAppliedEcology: Barrier Behaviour Analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide‐ranging ungulates and can be used to identify the most problematic barriers in a

Nsikan Akpan, PhD

MoNscience

Couldn't sleep last night, so went down a rabbit hole of face mask history. So researchers have known since at least 1919 that masks, when constructed properly and used appropriately,

Dr. Jonathan Kolby

MyFrogCroaked

Five years ago today, USFWS banned 201 species of #salamanders from entering the US to prevent a #chytrid extinction crisis (see here: https://www.fws.gov/injuriouswildlife/salamanders.html?fbclid=IwAR0VIh1ZXGYgx05ilZnN1x03dsK35TPzAVApe6eoj

VEDALAM

VEDALAM_0

Hey everyone, especially those who support an occasional #CrackerBanLet me take you all on a guilt trip with absolute facts that how your lifestyle is hurting our planet.Special thanks to

Lois Parshley

LoisParshley

Subtle arguments on Twitter are a losing battle, but going to try to address schools and #Covid19 with nuance: It's been really hard to get good data on children and

Dr. Jonathan Kolby

MyFrogCroaked

(1/N) Exactly 7 years ago, I arrived in Madagascar to perform my biggest rapid response #frog conservation project. A few months earlier, I obtained the 1st confirmed evidence of amphibian

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ There are various tweets misinterpreting COVID-19 “pre-existing immunity” and making dangerous claims about herd immunity. Since many of those claims refer to our scientific papers, we will reiterate the

David Beard

dabeard

Are you happier now than you were four years ago? This poll isn't too encouraging. I, however, will try to buck the trend with a short thread that might help,

Bárbara Pinho

BarbPinho

What’s the big deal with food security and why you should care (even if your supermarket is stocked)A thread According to @FAO, 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 exists if everyone on the

Evan Johnson-Ransom

EJR_Paleo

91. Our final theropod for #TheSummerOfTheropods, #Spinosaurus (spine lizard), a large spinosaurid from the Cretaceous Period of North Africa, and arguably the most enigmatic theropod. Similar to the last two

Live Science

LiveScience

Happy #BHM ! Each day for the month of February we will feature a black scientist and their noble contributions that changed the world. More here: https://www.livescience.com/amazing-black-scientists.html #1 James E.

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

Alright. A quick round-up of useful threads on the Pfizer vaccine results and what they could mean.First port of call: @statnews which - as usual - has probably the best

Samuel Miller McDonald

sjmmcd

This is obviously stupid and dangerous for a lot of reasons, but the last card ("No science. No shutdown.") stuck with me because I think it speaks to something that

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