#Paper

Samuel Eckmann

samuel_eckmann

You probably heard of principal component analysis (PCA) as a powerful tool for dimensionality reduction, but did you know that neurons might perform PCA via Hebbian plasticity? (1/6) Assume a

Lucre Snooker

LucreSnooker

i've seen a lot of people today talking about this preprint (even though i think it came out a month ago?), but i'd like to sound a note of caution...https://twitter.com/rfsquared/status/1285294047872135168

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

Great demonstrating why I love science! Review of a new preprint finding (1) ~5% of popn has antibodies from virus infections that are cross-reactive to #SARSCoV2 but (2) these

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

I understand the concern - in a world where scientists are judged on the basis of journal citations, anything that might interfere with getting one is scary. But these concerns

Matt Graham

Matt__Graham

NEW PAPER"Measuring Misperceptions?"The one-word answer is "no." There is a substantial gap between the beliefs researchers describe and the beliefs surveys measure.Paper: https://m-graham.com/papers/Graham_measuringMisp

David Butler

DavidKButlerUoA

I just had a most interesting conversation with a high school student who is losing marks because he isn’t showing enough working. He is really struggling to know where the

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

A new paper (coming out in 2021) proposing an expanded "new" model for "airborne"....sounds familiar. (1/4)https://cmr.asm.org/content/34/1/e00184-20 Consequently, we propose a revised and broader definition of “airbor

Domagoj Babić

DomagojBabi1

Interesting and exhaustive paper - though I wonder how on earth ww2 collaborators' names (such as Vilko, Salko, Eduard, Artur, Ladislav) from late 19th ct were chosen over typical Croat

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

"The end of the Transition Period provides an historic opportunity to overhaul our outdated public procurement regime," writes Lord Agnew in this long awaited Green Paper https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads

John Drury

ProfJohnDrury

1/6Short thread on relationship between rising infections/new variant, public behaviour, and policy announcementstldr: Public behaviour really matters in mitigating infection spread; but it's not only behaviour that matters, since behav

Judy LM

pacholiejb

Here are a list of companies and industries in which the Koch brothers own a stake:Paper Products: Angelsoft, Brawny, Dixie, Mardi Gras, Quilted Northern, Soft n Gentle, Sparkle, Vanity FairWood:

Trolly McTrollface

Tr0llyTr0llFace

About the "Greyscale is buying up all the Bitcoin" meme.(shoutout to @fidelitas_lex for pointing this out).Most of Greyscale's new subscriptions are in-kind - nobody's buying anything with real cash. People

David Keith

DKeithClimate

1/n Earth system models are not 'just theory'. Models rest on observation and experiments that reach back over centuries. (Yay Tyndall!) Models use to assess solar geoengineering have errors that

Younes

kmlyounes

I believe I found a severe flaw/lie in white nationalist Sean Last's post linked below :https://ideasanddata.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/nassim-taleb-on-iq/He reports that average statistical power for intelligence research and "group

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sifill_LDF

Recently I spoke w/@AnandWrites about the need for institutions to take responsibility for their own role in America’s democratic decline. Like this. The @KCStar taking responsibility for its failures in

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

A new study suggests Trump’s campaign rallies had a huge impact on COVID spread. I think uses a pretty reasonable method but the validity of the conclusions depends on how

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