@angie_rasmussen Dr. Rasmussen - I'd be happy to engage with you on ideas of how to stand up for science without turning the NASEM into a partisan institution. My goal is to make science bipartisan again. Science benefits the entire nation regardless of who is in the White House.
@R_H_Ebright@Rebecca21951651@theNASEM@theNAMedicine Y’all have it backwards. The charter states that the government calls on the Academies to conduct studies, not the other way around. The NASEM stands ready to investigate the origin of COVID if asked. But the fact that we are independent means the govt can’t control the answer.
@Ayjchan@HansMahncke@theNASciences Did you click on his link? Interesting to know that forwarding an email to the Trump Whitehouse, without comment, is proof of being entangled in a conspiracy. For the record, I have never expressed any opinion on the origin of COVID. Evidence is scant; I am not an epidemiologist
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”The famous Italian diver Enzo Maiorca dove into the sea of Syracuse and was talking to his daughter Rossana who was aboard the boat. Ready to go in, he felt something slightly hit his back.
He turned and saw a dolphin. Then he realized that the dolphin did not want to play but to express something. The animal dove and Enzo followed.
At a depth of about 12 meters, trapped in an abandoned net, there was another dolphin. Enzo quickly asked his daughter to grab the diving knives.
Soon, the two of them managed to free the dolphin, which, at the end of the ordeal, emerged, issued an "almost human cry" (describes Enzo). (A dolphin can stay under water for up to 10 minutes, then it drowns.)
The released dolphin was helped to the surface by Enzo, Rosana and the other dolphin. That’s when the surprise came: she was pregnant!
The male circled them, and then stopped in front of Enzo, touched his cheek (like a kiss), in a gesture of gratitude and then they both swam off.
Enzo Maiorca ended his speech by saying: “Until man learns to respect and speak to the animal world, he can never know his true role on Earth.”
Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications!
Learn more about the 2023 recipients: https://t.co/EHr1FIn1X4
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