#NASAWebb is fully deployed! 🎉
With the successful deployment & latching of our last mirror wing, that's:
50 major deployments, complete.
178 pins, released.
20+ years of work, realized.
Next to #UnfoldTheUniverse: traveling out to our orbital destination of Lagrange point 2!
NEW: We now track the evolution of key metrics in Israel compared to pre-vaccination.
3 waves shown with 3 very different situations:
• Late 2020: before vaccination
• July 2021: 55% fully vaccinated
• Now: 63% fully vaccinated + 45% boosted + omicron
https://t.co/3NtUMOXLeS
Not sure why everyone is so surprised about waning antibodies. This is how the immune system works. IgG has a half life of ~30 days and, once antigen is gone, fades away leaving memory B and T cells. Look how one of the main immunology books picture it.
Someone today asked me if I wanted to read Smash Mouth's "All Star" translated into Aramaic and then back to English. The answer to that question is always yes.
"Boy, you sure get a different perspective in this thing in zero g." — Astronaut Michael Collins
A new website lets you experience #Apollo11 as it happened in real time, 50 years ago. Here's how software developer Ben Feist built the project: https://t.co/j6Syn7daO6 #Apollo50th
We're super excited for #Apollo50th next weekend. In the meantime, here's a cool visualization that shows you the Moon phase and the location of all of the human landings on the Moon. https://t.co/Hbbql3oLO1
Humbled to reach one million followers today. It’s a tricky platform. I’ve had some good takes and some bad ones but have enjoyed meeting so many of you here. Thank you. 🙏
Open letter to journal editors: dynamite plots must die. Dynamite plots, also known as bar and line graphs, hide important information. Editors should require authors to show readers the data and avoid these plots.
https://t.co/0GNKEIUCJL
This is an important thread. We won’t move anywhere on diversity and fairness in STEM while those in power hold these positions, that bias doesn’t exist because I’ve never “seen” it