tl;dr papers

i summarize scientific papers for second graders.

[Prof Michelle Ryan @shellkryan]

This website rewrites your abstract so a 2nd grader can understand it. It is just excellent:
https://t.co/khIwWtWloJ

[nature @Nature]

Scientists have found novel DNA structures in mud that seem to scavenge and ‘assimilate’ genes from microorganisms in their environment, much like the fictional Star Trek ‘Borg’ aliens. https://t.co/k73qa2nass

[Scientific American @sciam]

Public health measures meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 essentially defeated influenza. https://t.co/2YocR7jkac

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read here: https://t.co/BXJswgzMxV

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Cancer cells are different from each other. This makes it hard to treat them. Cancer cells with the active YAP gene are different from other cancer cells . This makes them much harder to treat.The scientists found a way to treat the cancer cells that have this gene.

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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read here: https://t.co/wl713BD1LM

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The foods you eat can change the bacteria in your body. These bacteria can help or hurt your immune system.The people who ate the most fermented foods had the most diverse kinds of bacteria and the lowest levels of inflammation. #guthealth

[nature @Nature]

Nature has published the latest iteration of AlphaFold, a computational approach employing machine learning for predicting full-chain protein structure with high accuracy. https://t.co/8AFXh96gIv

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IN OTHER EXPLOSIVE HISTORY NEWS

on this day in 1914, the first U.S. patent for a liquid-fueled rocket design, titled “Rocket Apparatus” was granted to Dr Robert Goddard, (U.S. No. 1,103,503).

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light it up like dynamite @BTS_twt !!

Today in science history:
In 1867, Alfred Nobel demonstrated dynamite for the first time at a quarry in Redhill, Surrey

[Anna Osnato @AnnaOsnato]

Excited to share our latest preprint! 🧵👩🏻‍🔬
Here, we looked at our forever favourite TGFβ signalling in human naïve pluripotent stem cells, and showed that is well active and in fact required to maintain pluripotency.💪🏻🧫 1/7
https://t.co/jtaQRI9SJW

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Science News Updates:

- WHO will be editing their gene editing policy
- Reduced asthma attack rates during the pandemic
- Cruise Ships in the Arctic soon?

[Universal Curiosity @UniverCurious]

The most detailed picture of Mars to date (1.8 billion pixels), made of 1000+ photos taken by Curiosity 🔊

Credit: NASA/JPL

[nature @Nature]

A new type of inflammatory ageing ‘clock’ — called iAge — could help determine whether someone is at risk of developing age-related disorders. https://t.co/TkAaTVKl9q

[nature @Nature]

Pioneer of molecular evolution who campaigned against biological racism. https://t.co/FyzaZxYL6Y

[Harini Janakiraman @HariniLabs]

Interesting app built on gpt-3 @tldrpapers, that abstracts technical papers into something a second grader can understand.

Here is what it had to say about the bitcoin paper 😅

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[nature @Nature]

Fossilized bones found in Israel and China, including a specimen named ‘Dragon Man’, could belong to new types of ancient human. But the findings have sparked debate. https://t.co/i9ZyaOH7nV

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Altruistic birds? Alright!!!

https://t.co/vpLEbxcG42

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A one-size-fits-all cancer therapy might seem too good to be true, but the discovery of a new type of killer T-cell that recognizes and kills multiple types of human cancer while ignoring healthy, non-cancerous cells, is intriguing.

https://t.co/7jFb3fAHSS