Today is a big day for mathematics: Pi Day, the first ever International Day of Mathematics, as well as Albert Einstein’s 141st birthday. #PiDay#IDM314#MathematicsDay#math
325 million people worldwide are living with hepatitis. But 80% have no access to testing & treatment. On Sunday's #WorldHepatitisDay, @WHO calls on countries to invest in eliminating hepatitis. https://t.co/qfq8qxjsNo
4 countries in 8 days – get a glimpse of what it’s like to travel with @antonioguterres, meeting people from around the globe while trying to make the world a better, more peaceful place for all. https://t.co/xgqs2hWHm7
That “giant leap for mankind” happened thanks to plenty of women. Here are five, who broke new ground for women and women of color. https://t.co/zy1h06sMc4
Congo's battle against Ebola is failing, in part because of an internal power struggle. Now the country is proposing a new battle plan -- with a new vaccine. https://t.co/1rBSfgv8hx
@aluntracey In a democracy, everyone has the right (even a duty) to a political opinion. If as a scientist I am only allowed to talk about science and only politicians can comment about politics, then we're doomed as a civilised society.
Emmy Noether’s paper on differential invariants in the calculus of variations, was published #OnThisDay in 1918. Noether’s Theorem has been called “one of the most important mathematical theorems ever proved in guiding the development of modern physics" #WomenInSTEM
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If humanity ever received a message from an alien civilization, what do you think we should do? Meet the researchers listening for that message and planning the reply https://t.co/TJN6CDWfJN #SummerScience
All of us go back to turning points in our lives and imagine how things could have turned out differently. We replay these moments over ...
and over ...
and over ...
inventing new endings.
On the radio this weekend: the psychology of wondering "what if?”
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To celebrate Jim Lovelock's 100th birthday on Friday (one of the world's greatest living scientists), you can listen again to his life scientific, which I recorded with him back in 2012 https://t.co/aYXXEyRLGF
Most of us think we arrive at our beliefs through logic and reason. But there are forces that may matter even more: our feelings, our social networks, and our relationships with other people.🤝
With @affectivebrain's Tali Sharot + @cailinmeister
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A birth certificate is the key that can open the door to all other rights, such as health care & education. Yet, about 1 in 4 young children in the world haven't had their birth registered, according to @unicef. https://t.co/m5OkdIxiav