Mark Roth

Freelance writer, retired from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Specializes in health and science, particularly brain science.

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@PenguinUKBooks Sometimes nonfiction reads even better than fiction

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder https://t.co/jSyyV2Qoyb

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@SciWriterMag @abby_flan Nicely done. I tried to reach you by email on another matter that I think you might be interested in as a science writer. If you see this, I can be reached at [email protected]

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Becoming comfortable in your own skin, gaining wisdom, valuing long-term relationships -- all these things should matter more than they do in our popular media now, and your critique of this program and its values and goals brought that to life in a vivid way.

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@MireilleSilcoff I thought your piece on The Golden Bachelor was excellent. I really appreciated how you focused on everything that was off kilter about the concept of the show, without leveling personal attacks on the contestants who are involved.

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I don't think I've ever watched one season of The Bachelor, and certainly won't watch this one. But I have been interested as an aging boomer in how we treat the whole issue of aging, and I've always been bothered by the tenacious desire by many not to get any older.

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People are changing careers more than ever before, and this article in #MIT News explores how several people took a new path in their professional lives.

https://t.co/RimWXOGScJ

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This article explores a major challenge facing the #Military -- #sleep https://t.co/po0a6K2NPm

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@amuse Surge? Influx? Caravan? All terms you could have used besides invasion

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@AppSciWri has a fascinating session coming up next week on how data mining may explain why some religions over the eons have survived and others haven't. Please join us https://t.co/yd0eyNVyCO

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@lbeththomas That's one worth the mantle!

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@ByCraigMeyer Congratulations. Just rejoined Twitter after a long absence

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@blacklionking73 Also, I would add Paul Simon and Dolly Parton

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@blacklionking73 The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide ...

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@anneapplebaum Abd yet whatva sad ending that followed

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@ThePoniExpress Worldquant: Our brains are wired to think in the moment. This served us well from an evolutionary standpoint when we were hunter-gatherers, but the solutions to the problems we face will require us to suppress our short-term instincts if they are to have a chance at succeeding.

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@lbeththomas Wow, that's great! Look, ma, I know famous people.

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@r_heisman Done!

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@ThePoniExpress Can most jet sweeps; effective crossing routes; more than 3 yards running on first down

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@GeologistGinger You have left a vacuum that nature must now fill 😉

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@r_heisman Looking forward to this. Been fascinated with this since I interviewed a Pitt scientist 35 years ago who kept a flock of pigeons on the roof of his university building and put miniature magnetic backpacks on them.