Shiv

Fresh Postdoc in #HNL @NAChristakis | @Yale Graduate Alumni.

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

This talk from @NAChristakis really resonated with me.
War often compresses innovation cycles. Yet, here is a striking example of how ideas from network science translate into high-stakes, real-world applications.
Highly recommend this channel:
https://t.co/wFax69g0wN

[Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis]

The bacteria in your gut depend on where you are in the social network.

And the microbes within us treat our social networks as the extended environment in which they thrive. They can spread from person to person.

New #HNL work out today in @Nature. 1/

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Leveraging a rare alignment of two spacecraft, researchers show that Alfvén waves—a common type of electromagnetic plasma wave—drive the acceleration and heating of the solar wind. The findings provide insights into a decades-old mystery in solar physics. https://t.co/GT17FRaIR3

[Cell Reports @CellReports]

Environmental, socioeconomic, and health factors associated with gut microbiome species and strains in isolated Honduras villages https://t.co/eCTp7oRYwp

[Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis]

Deeply sequenced microbiome data from non-industrialized settings are uncommon. In new #HNL work, we use metagenomic data from 1,871 people in 19 isolated Honduras villages to report associations between bacterial species and human phenotypes and factors. https://t.co/aosdjmq31V

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Synaptic wiring motifs in posterior parietal cortex support decision-making https://t.co/RpuueOS55J

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@BalesHoward @SupercarAve @JoeBiden Because they bare children, and men don’t, that’s why having an abortion is a woman’s right.

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@BalesHoward @SupercarAve @JoeBiden 1,2,3 year olds are capable of surviving for a short time. However, it is the responsibility of the mother to nurture that kid. Everything changes after birth. Yes, rape, incest, ectopic pregnancies are just some of the reasons, the choice should be entirely upto the mom.

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@BalesHoward @SupercarAve @JoeBiden Putting up a rainbow flag doesn’t magically grow a fetus within you. Nobody is too old to learn. If you are convinced from this thread convince other pro lifers. Ty.

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@BalesHoward @SupercarAve @JoeBiden I’m just educating you buddy. I have the same right as you to comment on woman’s rights. You have never borne a baby and never will. You don’t get to decide what a woman does with her body.

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@BalesHoward @SupercarAve @JoeBiden Yes but even with that heartbeat, they cannot survive on their own without their mother’s body. Which is why the mother gets to decide. Do you get it now? Convince other pro lifers if you do.

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@BalesHoward @SupercarAve @JoeBiden No, she’s not a baby until she’s born. It’s every woman’s right to choose whether to have the baby or not. No you, not other women, not politicians, only the pregnant woman. Once the fetus is born that ‘girl’ will have rights. Understand the difference.

[Fernando Rosas @_fernando_rosas]

I agree IIT has many shortcomings, but I don’t follow the rationale behind this letter. It seems to say that:

Not the leading theory
+ not testable in the short term
= pseudoscience.

Is string theory also pseudoscience? Or maybe I’m missing something?

https://t.co/Vo2KbSBQgV

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@ceptional I see z-scores instead of raw effect sizes everywhere.

[Shiv @ShivkumarVs]

@ceptional Thank you! This notion has penetrated microbiology too.

[Prof Nichola Raihani @nicholaraihani]

I have just been to the most devastating talk in my life. Exercise has no effect on daily energy expenditure - the most and least active populations burn the same number of calories. WTF. @HermanPontzer

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

A month’s supply of insulin is now capped at $35 for anyone on Medicare.

[Nature News & Views @NatureNV]

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord has enabled 9 people who were paralysed to walk again — and we’re beginning to understand the biological mechanisms involved. https://t.co/bcM1hIjCm5

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

The government should not tell women what to do with their bodies or how to plan their families.