The Dish on Science

Stanford graduate students bringing the cool science to you!

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What's the big deal with the James Webb Space Telescope? What's waiting to be discovered in space? Find out in Michelle Park's new article! https://t.co/XB5KcTNi7k

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Why are some cells big and other cells small? How do organisms decide how big their cells should be? Goldilocks might be confused, but our latest article from Chris You has the answers! 🧫⬇️
https://t.co/K1NdDIVBTs

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Do bugs in your gut affect what happens in your brain? Scientists think so, and @meenachakrabor7's article explores the connection between the gut and the brain in the context of Parkinson's disease. Learn more in the article below! 💩🧠 https://t.co/LJvmErA9t4

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"If you put a frog in a desert, could it become a gazelle?" @AlyssaLyn4ta's latest article addresses this question she was once asked by a stranger on the bus. Learn more about evolution (& find out the answer) below!! 🐸🦌🧬
https://t.co/YyhfBGLBQK

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Have any burning questions about deep-sea fish, including their Gollum-like traits? Look no further than this new article by @rrbrown98 on the amazing adaptions of our undersea friends! 🐡👁️🐡https://t.co/XIUNMbWGZB

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20% of Americans say they will "probably not" get the #COVID19 #vaccine. What can we do to reach these "vaccine-hesitant" folks? Why are so many Americans vaccine-hesitant to begin with? All that and more in our latest article!
https://t.co/AvrnwQmn82

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Also, we want to give a major h/t to @AnnastartswithA, who wrote an awesome article in the journal Vaccine that inspired much of this! Here's her original paper: https://t.co/WNSgWBid1G

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Want to understand how anti-vaccine misinformation can be so persuasive? Check out this breakdown of the tactics, fallacies, & tropes behind anti-vaxx arguments by @AlyssaLyn4ta in her newest #COVID19 installment!
https://t.co/y1KdD8ZPm3

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Want to understand how anti-vaccine misinformation can be so persuasive? Check out this breakdown of the tactics, fallacies, & tropes behind anti-vaxx arguments by @AlyssaLyn4ta in her newest #COVID19 installment!
https://t.co/y1KdD8ZPm3

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We can't wait to see @NASAHubble's successor @NASAWebb launch this year! It's going to help us look for the formation of the very first galaxies, check out how stars and planetary systems are forming today, and get us closer to seeing the beginning of time! 🤩🪐🌠

[Thomas Zurbuchen @Dr_ThomasZ]

We are getting ready to launch the biggest space telescope ever built – @NASAWebb. Its scientific promise is breathtaking. Discoveries ranging from imaging the first galaxies in the universe, analyzing atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars, and more: https://t.co/YTZo66oF8t

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Interested in the evolution of the anti-vaxxer movement + its current stronghold on social media? Trying to understand how your family member keeps finding conspiracy theories on Facebook? Check out the most recent article in our miniseries on #COVID19! https://t.co/wM6JgA5VgC

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We're excited about this early data from @StephenThomasMD and the @pfizer clinical trial group about their #vaccine! Even if you got your vaccine 6 months ago, you're still 97% protected against getting severe #COVID19!🤩Get your shot today! https://t.co/eNAtliHrsn

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The 6 month vaccine efficacy date from @Pfizer/@BioNTech_Group's randomized trial, new preprint
https://t.co/ByzNjzsdOP
Any symptomatic infection
2 months 96%
2-4 months 90%
4-6 months 84%
For protection vs severe illness solid all the way through at least 6 months *97%*

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We're amazed at this work presenting a complete human genome, after 100+ years of research on chromosomes! (full text article by @NAltemose and the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium is on bioRxiv: https://t.co/fbDm7dBnu5)

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The second article of our COVID-19 miniseries is up! Check out @AlyssaLyn4ta breaking down #vaccine misinformation with statistics (and science)! 👩‍🔬https://t.co/rjivDucZR5

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Want the facts on the old & new science behind the #COVID19 #vaccines? Know someone who is still on the fence about vaccine safety? Check out the first installment of our awesome COVID-19 miniseries by @AlyssaLyn4ta! 💉👩‍🔬
https://t.co/PlzEhgHdYO

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🚨Our newest article on our updated site is live!🚨 Could a 10th century mixture of garlic, wine, stomach bile, and onion be a remedy for antibiotic resistance?🦠🍷
https://t.co/lQHfIjixWf

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🎉 Our website got an upgrade!🎉Check it out at https://t.co/9hHCXtmmj7 — especially that brand new search bar!

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Happy International Women's Day!

We're celebrating women who have changed the world. Here's all of the amazing women who have received the #NobelPrize and their remarkable achievements at the time of the award.

Who are the women that inspire you the most?

#IWD2021

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Saving lives: heroic actions from women who changed the world

The efforts of these remarkable women saved millions of lives - who inspires you the most?

#IWD2021

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Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Join us as we celebrate #ResearchForWomen, which provides us with vital knowledge and tools to make and keep women healthy.

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For the Star Wars fans among us, this comic is a great explanation of mRNA vaccines. For the non Star Wars fans among us, still great explanation and maybe motivation to watch the movies during this final stretch of physical isolation and quarantines

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

mRNA Vaccine https://t.co/n7qzm6BTdM