The Allium

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Caterpillar pupae were absolutely huge in the 1980s.

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Nature Genetics getting another GWAS submission.

https://t.co/dJvn4jU7UA

[Elisa Granato @Prokaryota]

"All authors contributed to the writing of the manuscript."

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@wouter_decoster The university IT Team have assigned their crack team to the problem. A committee has been formed and they are drawing up terms of reference. The committee will be ratified at the next sitting of senate, which is in 13 months. Then we go to procurement...

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Scientists now putting googley eyes on their Nature submissions in an effort to make them look fresher.

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NSF to decide all future grant proposals by penalty shoot-out https://t.co/HXhGhBzieH via @theallium

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The most successful scientists I know

1. Talk about paradigm shifts
2. Always have a “moonshot” project in their lab
3. Call everything we don’t know a lot about “dark matter”
4. Think outside the box
5. Oh hang on
6. No
7. I meant the most _annoying_ scientists say these things

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Happy holidays my friends. Here’s a popular one for this time of year.

Emotional Scenes As Academics and Human Resources Staff Pause To Play Soccer https://t.co/jJy2vXc2KV via @theallium

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UK News: Head Of Bath University Retires So She Can Spend More Time With Her Money.
https://t.co/ce1bz3RpCM via @theallium

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TIME magazine called Clostridium botulinum to tell it it was PROBABLY going to be bacterium of the year, but they wanted to do an interview and major micrograph. Probably was no good, took a pass.

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Scientist Probably Going To Wear Lab Coat At Halloween Party Yet Again.
https://t.co/Yjq55kkCgb via @theallium

[Chris Greene @Fro_Greene]

First Draft of Peer-Review Rebuttal Just Says "Fuck Off" https://t.co/8EpaBNe9dI via @theallium

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They forgot this rule:
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[Matt D @uPlumber]

Hey @TheAllium, I think @TheOnion is crashing your beat. https://t.co/XB2IDhNeCx

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Hey @BBC - this is our kind of story. BACK OFF MAN!!

RSPCA called to rescue lizard that turns out to be a sock https://t.co/U83ignknze

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Scooped!!! https://t.co/OtURkURY3N

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Not @TheAllium https://t.co/qCjFgko20q

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@EpgntxEinstein Damn you. You beat us by an hour to this tweet. Must be those super-fast Galway reflexes after last weekend 😜

[Paul Knoepfler @pknoepfler]

Genomic Study Shows How Cats Domesticated Humans. Mid-week humor @TheAllium https://t.co/MbdQemDgS9

[Jer-Ming Chia @jermth]

The Pros And Cons Of Gene Editing - @TheAllium: @TheOnion is on your turf. https://t.co/J3nS14sYsa