Wilson Poon

Goo (aka ‘soft matter’), bacteria, evolution, science and religion, theology, preaching, liturgy, classical music, piano, medieval manuscripts and history

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@NickTriggle You say on https://t.co/Av7Y2qtJso (9/10) "The UK is Europe's virus hotspot', possibly because our early lockdown easing and (by now) lagging vaccination. A graph shows UK at 5x cases/million as Germany. I calculate that their tests per head there is 1/5 that of UK!

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Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth https://t.co/S7Ejbfrhrg

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@mcleish_t “latter tongue being his Confessio Amantis, written in the 1390s.”

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A well researched analysis of how science and government interacted in the lead up to the UK lockdown https://t.co/YlyT4G8vGl

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The National Theatre is starting a weekly series of plays, streamed free of charge on YouTube. It starts tomorrow night, Thurs 2 April at 7pm, with James Corden in 'One Man, Two Guv'nors', which is said to be very funny.
The screenings remain available on YouTube for a week.

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Coronavirus: Lessons from the lockdown https://t.co/AuZGjljej5 via @bbcnews

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An important article teaching us skills to deal with science deniers across many areas of vital importance to our future. https://t.co/pNuDCDcdo0

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Seems to me this would benefit many early stage researchers.

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Looking to improve your skills in crafting an academic paper? 📝

Take the scientist's approach: try an experiment. https://t.co/VryvfpHDaK #LettersToYoungScientists @ScienceCareers

[NASA @NASA]

Shocking! Using special instruments to see what no other spacecraft can, our Magnetospheric Multiscale mission made the 1st high-resolution measurements of an interplanetary shock made of particles & electromagnetic waves launched by the Sun. Take a look: https://t.co/ati8ULz5sy

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

When Albert met Charlie:

Einstein: What I most admire about your art, is your universality. You don’t say a word, yet the world understands you!

Chaplin: True. But your glory is even greater! The whole world admires you, even though they don’t understand a word of what you say.

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Analysis of lunar samples: Implications for planet formation and evolution https://t.co/0P3UHvU7Zx The last section ‘ samples never stop giving’ goes a long way to justify the Apollo missions!

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@DouganGroup @physicsleedsuni @UniversityLeeds Congratulations Lorna. Glad that this can be my first ever Tweet!