Emily Costa, PhD

cancer biologist, sciencemonger, wolf without a foot // the one who cackles on @factsmachinepod (she/her) opinions are mine, all mine!

[Emily Costa, PhD @_emcosta]

Moving onto greener pastures, some might say bluer skies...

[Facts Machine @FactsMachinePod]

TONIGHT 7pm @caveatnyc:
a science comedy show & science trivia showdown inspired by ~the music of science~! How can music be used to communicate science? We’ll be accompanied by Lina Zikas (CRISPR: The Musical!) & @RalphWhiteIII (Scientifically Sound) as we find out! 🎟🔗 in bio!

[Timothy Caulfield @CaulfieldTim]

Helpful review of all the things RFK Jr is (dangerously) wrong, wrong, wrong about.

What to know about RFK Jr.’s views on food, vaccines, abortion, and the FDA https://t.co/SpeYoozLp5

Important point: he doesn't modify his position based on evidence. It's all ideology.

by @owermohle @ushamcfarling @AnilOza16 via @statnews

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

With an anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist leading Health and Human Services, independent science communicators, who work hard (often unpaid) to provide life-saving information to our communities, will become even more important. Follow them, amplify them, and support them.

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

Vaccines work. Vaccine denial kills. It’s that simple.

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

🔥"Postdoc Night Science NYC" will have its first meeting November 1st at 1:30-3:00pm at Rockefeller University. Join us postdocs for a session on importing/exporting ideas across research fields! I'll lead this with our host @StearnsLab 🙏 Register here: https://t.co/eYdlZaIkVF

[Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) @JsciCOM]

Announcing a special issue on challenges & opportunities of #scicomm in basic science - https://t.co/oWGREv7U0I - @RickBorchelt @msvandyke @sarakyeo @CONSULTKPC @cplberry @FuturaConjetura @hannahmidd8 @JanetTippi @JohnBesley @thoyibas @tpn1818 @XinnanDu

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is a smart, passionate, raw, honest thread from @_waleedshahid, one of the antiwar organizers behind @uncommittedmvmt and former spokesperson for @justice dems.

Worth an open-minded read:

[Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman]

Let’s break this down because yes *and* there’s more. First and foremost, if Trump wins it’s going to be because white voters continue to vote for him. The other side of the coin is if there is a softening in our coalition we lose. What does that mean? 🧵1/

[John Peters @johnthejack]

Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.
https://t.co/clCeKqILrP

[Emily Costa, PhD @_emcosta]

"A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin...after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells. She is the first person with the disease to be treated using cells...extracted from her own body." go scientists! 🤓 https://t.co/RrsMKEqJzX

[Emily Costa, PhD @_emcosta]

An extra bit of background that you won't get from the article--interviewing a pigeon is harder than it looks 😅

[Northeastern Global News @NUGlobalNews]

After studying lung cancer as a Ph.D. student, @Northeastern graduate Emily Costa launched a comedy podcast that changed her science career. “Facts Machine,” combining trivia with a live show, aims to make science accessible to broad audiences.

Read more: https://t.co/9xYnbWbWEH

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This line from Harris got one of her biggest rounds of applause of the night.

Ordinary Dems clearly want to support Palestinian freedom & self determination.

If only the leaders in this country stopped acting like powerless bystanders & ensured freedom for the Palestinians.

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

Yesterday I shared this piece by me & 40 colleagues on the harms of the “lab leak” hypothesis inflicts on science & scientists.

I’m not finished talking about it. The origins “debate” has consumed my life for >4 years & I want to talk personally about the damage it has caused.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

Keeping up with your Covid vaccinations (and boosters) = an important way to maintain your heart health, prevent heart attacks and strokes

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

“Circumstances Affecting the Heat of Sun’s Rays” (1856), by Eunice Foote, the first person to discover a link between increased levels of CO2 and #globalwarming. Read about her seminal paper, and how she went unacknowledged for more than a century, here: https://t.co/DEw7ULkku0

[ACLU of the District of Columbia @ACLU_DC]

If you’re protesting in D.C. this week, know your rights. Here are some things to do before and during a protest to exercise your 1A rights. If you believe your rights have been violated or have experienced free speech suppression, contact us at https://t.co/JE2XVU6mmA.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Democracy in crisis is more important than poll numbers. We seem unable, even now, to shift news coverage consistently towards the unprecedented unrolling of democratic and constitutional norms and the impending cataclysm. We should be listening not to pundits but to scholars of authoritarianism, historians, journalists from other countries that have seen democracy erode. We must shed the hubris that tells us we know how to cover this because we’ve covered politics before, and the belief that we must maintain old norms even in the face of an unparalleled moment in US history. Otherwise, we are not journalists but accomplices. The winners and losers here are not Democrats or Republicans, but democracy itself.

[Emily Costa, PhD @_emcosta]

@MarkPopinchalk @FactsMachinePod LOL I had no clue, but glad that you felt very specifically seen! 😂 I feel like that's happened a few times actually (e.g. geology quiz)--might have to start looping you into show prep for fact-checking!

[Facts Machine @FactsMachinePod]

THURS 6/20 7pm @caveatnyc!
OUR WETTER NATURE – a science comedy show & science trivia showdown about MARINE BIO! We'll be joined by @Joshbarbershop & @dianateuthis for deep dives on the deep sea, the laugh aquatic, and trivia that'll show you the error of your waves! 🎟️🔗in bio!