#Scientists

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

This new mink COVID-19 mutation story, which is making the rounds on Twitter is highly problematic. There are elements of truth in it but the reporting is completely irresponsible.1/https://www.berlingske.dk/nyheder/english-version-mink-cau

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

This year, retailers have declared war on an unlikely enemy: glitter.The sparkly bits of plastic are being removed from gift bags, ornaments and other holiday baubles. But is a ban

Duncan McLaren

mclaren_erc

Just published, my new article on #mitigationdeterrence from #carbonremoval (in #ClimaticChange ) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-020-02732-3What is this about, and why do I think it important? A thread 1/15 Most climate sci

Dr. Ilin Gilberto de la Torre MD 😷

IlindelatorreMD

#Covid19 .¿Por qué la gente responde de manera tan diferente?Un equipo internacional analizó los genomas de aproximadamente 4.000 personas de Italia y España y descubrió los primeros vínculos genéticos fuertes

Jesse “Malthus was British” Matchey

JesseMatchey

Epstein co-founds Clinton Global InitiativeEpstein flies w/Clinton w/interests in HIV(like his site claims he’s interested in)Alain Merieux-Wuhan labClintons sign w/BioMerérieux on HIVBioMerérieux appoints WEF YGL Moderna CEO Stéphane

Melissa Cristina Márquez

mcmsharksxx

Hey #SharkWeek, my name is Melissa and I'm a shark scientist watching #MakoNation! Excited to fact-check, talk some #shark facts, and add some commentary! First, Riley is wrong- there are

Paweł Świeboda

pswieboda

Current crisis will be a transformative big data event. We already know more about transmission of the disease than ever, thanks to online publication of the genetic make-up and

Max Bergmann

maxbergmann

So about that server that @FranklinFoer revealed in 2016...@aknight613 sheds more light. It is frankly impossible to believe that this was not a nefarious communications channel. Here's what we now

MAPC

MAPCMetroBoston

Are you a Greater Boston-area artist out of work due to COVID-19? We've assembled a list of relief funds, unemployment information, and more. (Not an artist? The unemployment resources are

Daniela Witten

daniela_witten

The new cover article in @NautilusMag is about the sordid history of eugenics in the field of statistics. I had a conversation with @aubreyclayton a few months ago, when he

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. Facebook is lying about its fact-checking program and its approach to climate disinformation.This gets a bit into the weeds but its worth it because Facebook is trying to use

Kish

kishkitsch

Did you say cases?New (long) thread about PCR test From Beda Stadler's article, linked in this thread. (former director of Institute for Immunology University of Bern)https://twitter.com/kishkitsch/status/1279889634827415559?s=20 https:

Stephen Goldstein

stgoldst

I want to spend a bit of time clearly laying out where #SARSCoV2 probably comes from, and how it could have ended up in Wuhan. Though it can't be ruled

Lawyers for Nature

LawForNature

THREAD: Next week, Southern Water – who control water supply and treatment across the southeast of England – are being taken to court after pleading guilty to dumping “poisonous, noxious”

Uriel

Urylle

"CIA Tried to Use {Jesuit}Georgetown Medical Center in 1950s" Washington Post, August 7th 1977The Central Intelligence Agency sought to use {Jesuit}Georgetown University Medical Center to hide "a cover organization for

Benjamin Toff

BenjaminToff

Political scientists & journalism researchers actually understand quite a lot about this crisis & have been raising the alarm for some time. Beyond Priyanjana Bengani’s (@acookiecrumbles) excellent work on this