A viral tweet is claiming to give bombshell news (🚨) that Pfizer is "admitting" they never tested whether the vaccine prevented transmission and therefore the concept of "get vaccinated for others" was a lie - this is wrong on basically every count. So, some facts.
@BiotechBec RIP AirPods😢 that being said, I once rescued an (old) iPhone in a similar situation. took a few days in rice, but miraculously worked on Day 4. may be worth a go..
*when the villain in the movie has a PhD*
Viewers without a PhD: Ah, they are just saying he’s a smart villain. Makes sense.
Viewers with a PhD: Ah, grad school and academia drove him to madness. Makes sense.
We are excited to have Dr. @_BrainBryan, a registered ANZ patent attorney at IP firm @GriffithHack as a speaker for the “Commercialisation” session at this year’s CCRM Australia #BRMAP2022. Register before early bird registration closes on 16/9/ 2022 via: https://t.co/OKRpjYD726
If you're looking for a breakdown of the breathtaking images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the ABC have published an excellent primer:
https://t.co/lQonCZBJhJ
Just Released
Deepest-ever view of the cosmos from @NASAWebb. The spiked objects are local stars in our own Galaxy. ignore them. Everything else is an entire galaxy. Many distort into arcs, revealing spacetime curvature from the gravity of a galaxy cluster in the image's center.
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a book everyone should read.
But, only 7% of people who’ve started it ever made it to the end.
21 insights from the best book you never finished:
A year ago, a non-academic friend listened to a talk I gave. I thought it went great. My friend disagreed.
She said that academics are experts at making interesting stuff boring—and that we should all take a speech class.
So I did. And here are 6 most useful things I learned.
Good morning from Ukraine.
Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, but was shelled overnight in the Svyiatoshynsky and Shevchenkivsky districts.
Meanwhile Mariupol has been shelled from the Sea of Azov…
This invasion turns a month old tomorrow…