Congrats to my former @Harvard bandmate @CarolynBertozzi on her @NobelPrize in chemistry! We won the Ivy League Battle of the Bands in 1986 with our rockin’ group ‘Bored Of Education’, with her on keyboards & me in spandex. https://t.co/LemA6pcSPV
Where did the pandemic begin?
Was it from nature or a lab?
Since the start, this fundamental question has gone unanswered.
Until now.
Out in @ScienceMagazine: SARS-CoV-2 emerged into humans via the live animal trade at the Huanan Seafood Market.
https://t.co/hnl9j3E6j6
Looking at existing Environmental and Climate Justice syllabi that barely feature scholars, activists, and communities of color. So I've given myself the (VERY easy) task of writing a syllabus that features almost exclusively writers of color. Feel free to share readings here!
🚨I wrote about BA.5—the latest coronavirus variant to rise to dominance—and why it matters.
This is an attempt to clearly lay out what we know about it, and to cut through the morass of misinformation that has already accumulated around it. 1/
https://t.co/j1sbQh2QaM
I've been using Mendeley Desktop daily for years, & have an annotated library of thousands of pdfs. Today, I switched to Zotero. Here's a 🧵of tips on how to do this, if you're also tired of Elsevier's BS and want to make the switch w/minimal effort while maintaining workflow.
@littlevoidscrem If you ask me that's a really sweet gesture/a good way to show support and love without obligating the person to actively engage. It's okay!
@frogs4girls this is me in reverse i started in physics in undergrad then switched to bio and i love it but every time i see a space movie it's like, "that could have been me......."
#DYK that soil microorganisms can be a powerful tool in the bioremediation of contaminated #soils? 🦠🤎 ☢️
🔍 Learn more about it in the state of knowledge of #SoilBiodiversity ⬇️
🐌 Full report: https://t.co/7slrJMUbns
🐌 Summary for policy makers: https://t.co/4p9pwyA6FT
Wenn Internet-Infrastruktur gezielt angegriffen wird, wie zum Beispiel in der #Ukraine, können Menschen weiterhin über Bluetooth oder Wi-Fi miteinander kommunizieren. Das erklärt die @DeutscheWelle auch auf Ukrainisch in ihrem internationalen Angebot.
https://t.co/2om1pGjUqt
Thinking about biological collections lately I'm reminded of the time that somehow at age 4, I got a personal tour of the @UCBerkeley entomology collection (Essig?) from a kind scientist (anybody know who?!). Asked my parents how on earth THAT happened, and it turns out...🤯
Biostimulation and bioaugmentation are bioremediation strategies which use soil microorganisms in the fight against contaminants in soils ☢️
Learn more about the state of knowledge of #SoilBiodiversity ⬇️
🤎 Report: https://t.co/7slrJMUbns
🤎 Summary: https://t.co/4p9pwyA6FT
Würdet Ihr uns helfen, Flora Incognita noch besser zu machen? Zur Zeit wird unser Projekt evaluiert und wir freuen uns über Antworten in unserem Fragebogen. (Link ist im nächsten Tweet👇)
Gerne #RT für mehr Reichweite 💚