#Biological

Frédéric Leroy

fleroy1974

1) Global data shouldn't be used to evaluate local contextsRegional differences are important & due to very large variations in feed digestibility, slaughter age & weight, climate conditions, management, sociocultural

Michel Accad

michelaccad

The narrative on herd immunity is clearly changing. On May 1, it was: "Try to reach it without a vaccine and millions will die" /1https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html Today, it's a d

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

As a pre-modern specialist, I think it's important to add that "population" has never been a neutral or indeed even a purely quantitative concept. (Not that quantification entails neutrality or

Joshua Loftus

joftius

#COVID19 hospital admissions in London seem like they're continuing to fallI was skeptical about the new variant story early on, here's a short thread in chronological order of things I

Ian Phillips

ibphillips

Ten philosophy papers in no particular order. Only rules: I really enjoyed it & it came out this year. Could easily have picked dozens of others. Whatever is sometimes said

Black In Neuro

BlackInNeuro

[#NeuroRacism | Phrenology ] Phrenology was the study of head shapes and sizes. It was a pseudoscience wildly popular between 1820-1850.Surprisingly, its beginnings did not completely overlap with race. Instead,

Kirsti Miller

KirstiMiller30

Transgender Athletes Advantage Myth at the Olympic Games.@iocmedia In Nov 2003,the IOC arrived at the Stockholm Consensus on Sex Reassignment in Sports, which opened the door for transgender competitors provided

eline 🧋

ssahlofolinaa

I’ve searched for more information about Ψ and I’ve found some interesting things.-------@New_Era_News @twentyonepilots The psi (capital Ψ, lower case ψ, Greek: ψι) is the 23rd letter of the Greek

Kevin Bird

itsbirdemic

Extremely excited to share my article "No support for the hereditarian hypothesis of the Black–White achievement gap using polygenic scores and tests for divergent selection" has been published at the

Dr. Darren Abbey

thebiologistisn

New netflix series "Alien Worlds" episode 3 describes a hypothetical alien ecosystem where...1) Fungi feed grazers.2) Grazers feed predators.3) Predators feed fungi. Notice the problem here? There's no energy input

Katelyn Burns

transscribe

NEWS: According to leaked text of the proposed anti-trans HUD rule, homeless shelters will be allowed to judge women’s appearances in order to weed out trans women.https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/7/17/21328708/proposed-anti-trans-rule

Dr EM

PankhurstEM

In honour of pride month I want to ask ‘What has happened to Pride?’Original Pride vs. Queer Theory Pride, a thread. Pride used to be about celebrating love in all

Max Hodak

max_hodak

A very common question I get is what people can do DIY to start working on brain-machine interfaces. The answer is not EEG. For AI all you need is a

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

After a ~2 month plateau from mid-Nov to mid-Jan, the US #COVID19 epidemic has undergone a steady week after week decline and is now back to daily case counts last

Jeune Boomer

bigauideaigue

Why mecha and robots have a place in fiction, a thread : this thread is a response to a, frantically stupid tweet. But, despite it's stupidity, it asks a good

Rachel Astrid Arroway ♀🟥

feminist_RACHEL

THREADI’m sick to fucking death of hearing how everything fucking hurts trans people’s feelings & how I’m obliged to erase myself & my reality, constantly police my speech & have

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