DanFerber

Senior editor, custom media, at Springer Nature. Science writer, editor and author. Opinions here are my own.

[Scientific American @sciam]

A new era is dawning for Alzheimer's disease, one in which we could delay or even prevent the disease from developing. [Sponsored by @DavosAlzheimers]

https://t.co/MaoBoSPkb0

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

Excited to speak Thur w/ climate resilience leaders Ranveer Chandra of Microsoft, @ErinSikorsky of The Center for Climate and Security, Whitney Sawney of the Native American Agriculture Fund & Linda Molnar of NSF in Democratization of Climate Tech panel at @Battelle's #ICR23

[Nature Water @NatureWaterJnl]

The UN Water conference is near. Join us on March 15, 7 pm GMT as we discuss expectations with @GraftonQuentin @johoma @RachaelMcDonne5 Joyeeta Gupta @FMG_UvA
https://t.co/65pxDW6WVt
https://t.co/K3tjLeHM7N

@UN_Water @unescoWATER @henkovink @RahimzodaSulton @waterclimateint

[Siri Carpenter @SiriCarpenter]

Are you a science editor looking to sharpen your skills? Or do you want to become an editor? Sign up now for one or more @Open_Notebook editing workshops running Jan-May! (Custom workshops for newsrooms & university groups are also available; email me to inquire.)

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

@USAA The story ends: After 2 mo, sending all the documents 3X, spending 4 hrs on the phone (mostly on hold), and speaking to at least 8 difft reps, today I spent 40 min at my local bank & will have an account by Fri. I hope USAA Survivor Relations does better for others.

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

I'm having the worst experience with @USAA. As executor for a relative's estate, I sent paperwork a month ago to open an estate account. Nothing. I've been bounced around on the phone w/ them for 2.5 hrs; still nothing. WTH, @USAA?

[Scientific American @sciam]

Medical influencer @joelbervell is challenging racism in health care, one TikTok at a time.

🎥 @TulikaBose_

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

@USAA_help Thanks. I left three messages today, with my contact info.

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

ptech_cyber offers hacking services. Don't know how that would help, and don't really want to know. I just need my bank to do its job.

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

I hung up yesterday after 2.5 hrs, having talked to five reps, spent a cumulative 1.5 hrs on hold, and sent the required documents again (first time was a month ago), but still no account opened. I DM’d the help account.

[Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea]

Whether the topic is:

- Climate change
- GMOs
- Nuclear power
- Vaccines
- Homeopathy
- Astronomy
- Evolution
- or Covid-19...

...People who disagree most with the scientific consensus know less about the topic, but they think they know more.

https://t.co/Onk6CUKVIH

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

@USAA, @USAA_help, I will DM the help account. I mentioned to the rep a few min ago that I just tweeted about all this, and suddenly she was helping and not putting me off. I re-sent the pprwrk from a month ago, but now I have a promise that an account will be opened asap.

[USAA @USAA]

@DanFerber Hi. I will be glad to share your concerns with the appropriate area. If you like for us to review your situation, please DM @USAA_help with details, your full name, a phone# and email address associated to your profile to help locate and review. Hope to hear from you soon. -SD

[Michael Mrak @MRAKdesign]

Check out the very cool gift I received by @sciam ‘s own @ChristiansenJen!! What a fantastic book. If you’re interested at all in science graphics, make sure you get THIS BOOK!!

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

And now there’s an investigation by the academic journal about the hidden lobbyist edit of the paper.
https://t.co/gWKGeoVPIB

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

Cigarette science redux? Natural gas industry lobbyist rewrites paper on the safety of shipping hydrogen in gas pipelines.

[Sabrina Shankman @shankman]

The original story: https://t.co/VKPuqu9m5G

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

Excellent thread summarizing some major recent advances in cancer treatment.

[Vincent Rajkumar @VincentRK]

I just attended one of the biggest cancer meetings in the world. #ASH22 @ASH_hematology

For my followers here is a snapshot of the incredible progress happening with cancer treatment. It’s good. Thread.

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

@Scatter_Cushion Sorry to hear! And…DM’ng you about freelance opportunities creating branded content for Nature and Scientific American.

[DanFerber @DanFerber]

Who else is seeing a flood of right-wing bots, trolls and other twits in their feed since last week? I’ll mute and block to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, but I’m definitely less enthusiastic about this Elon-owned platform.