Veronica
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Science writer, book hunter, soccer fan.
Michael Stipe is on here revealing REM song lyrics and what you see may shock you.
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Ape-othecaries: “Scientists are becoming increasingly convinced that these highly intelligent primates use the forest around them as their own organic pharmacy.”
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Chimpanzees use the same plants we do to treat similar illnesses
A new review of recent studies shows the great apes rely on medicinal plants to heal infections, but the plants’ chemistry remains mostly a mystery
https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/drug-discovery/Chimpanzees-use-same-plants-treat-we-do-to-treat-similar-illnesses/103/web/2025/08
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Carl Zimmer
6 months ago
The team of Ph.D. level experts in ChatGPT apparently doesn't include any anatomists.
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Stand Up for Science!
6 months ago
pssst...have you seen our new quick-guides for talking about science to your friends and family?
#31daysofaction
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬
6 months ago
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Genevieve Williams - Shakespeare Adjacent out now
8 months ago
Well this couldn’t have come at a better time
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Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp92pr5pr48o
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I have to say, I’m not thrilled that Deborah Blum’s expertise is being called upon in reference to current events. I liked thinking of it as
#history
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9 months ago
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This is literally what we pay his department to do, since relatively few American parents are epidemiologists. This is a total abdication of leadership and reckless display of intellectual laziness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...
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Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines
In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/kennedy-vaccines-research.html
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Tom Gauld
9 months ago
My latest
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
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Great spirit and tifo from the Fort, and another well-earned win at home.
#nerevs
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Silence Dogood
10 months ago
250 years later and the threat has returned. We brought our lanterns to Old North Church to relight the signals calling patriots to protect our liberty
#boston
#nokings
#america250
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Sporting KC’s roster had languished for the past few years, contributing to Vermes’s struggles. I looked to see who their sporting director was.
#nerevs
10 months ago
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Great, there’s a new cafe in the space Darwin’s left behind. Long live The Smoot!
11 months ago
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The recent Morgan Library exhibit on Belle da Costa Greene was amazing. Catch this virtual talk if you can!
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11 months ago
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Stolen genius.
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A frigid night at Gillette but the ⚽️ game goes on.
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Today’s the day.
#standupforscience
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You free on Friday? Make time to
#standupforscience
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Josh Marshall
11 months ago
Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.
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Mario Lopez is doing spots for AARP? Excuse me while I find an ice floe and drift into oblivion with the rest of society’s ancients.
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Colette Delawalla
12 months ago
WE ARE HERE!!! MARCH 7th 12-4PM. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITOL!!! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST! Because science is for everyone!!!!
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Rory Cormac
12 months ago
This 👇 “Misinformation was a key feature of medieval politics and society. Examining the spread of fake news, or conspiracy theories, in the centuries before even the printing press, never mind the internet, helps us understand how they flourish and their appeal.”
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And I for one won’t stand for this em dash slander!
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12 months ago
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A touch of blue this morning before the snow fell.
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Dr. Jessica L Ware
12 months ago
It’s the start of
#BlackHistoryMonth
! This is a great time to read about Vernard Lewis, who is an entomologist working on
#Blattodea
, especially
#termites
. He recently retired after an illustrious career in
#entomology
!
#28daysofBlackSTEMHistory
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Vernard Lewis, UC Berkeley’s first African American entomologist, retires
After a 35-year career with Berkeley as an urban entolomologist, Vernard Lewis retired on July 1.
https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2017/07/vernard-lewis-uc-berkeley’s-first-african-american-entomologist-retires
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Julia Raifman, ScD
about 1 year ago
“Vaccination is as American as apple pie… George Washington ordered that all troops be vaccinated against smallpox, understanding that, as he said, infectious diseases were more destructive than the sword, & were the leading cause of mortality in the Continental Army” —@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
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Got kids? Teach ‘em right. New history of medicine book dropping later this year for the MG market.
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Humans still riding those opposable thumbs to evolutionary dominance. Top that, Ants!
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Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence
Insects put their minds together in ways that sometimes eludes people
https://www.science.org/content/article/ants-best-humans-test-collective-intelligence?utm_campaign=Science&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=Bluesky
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franz
about 1 year ago
Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous.
#Art
#SciArt
#PaleoArt
#Inverts
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Today on “As the Soccer Ball Turns”…
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Deborah Blum
about 1 year ago
This thread will remind you that food and drink, before safety regulations, were often astonishingly dangerous.
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In enemy territory here in Philly but I have to admit I love this mural of Andre Blake at 12th and Moravian.
#nerevs
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Another evening in The LOOP, jumping through time to defeat the evil Dr. Faux. Clever cooperative
#boardgame
that wonderfully balances strategy and chaos. This game is fast becoming a household favorite.
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Barbara Hershey
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Everything old is new again, and not all of it is terrible .
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Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break
In 1987, there was a strange trend amongst killer whales. Recent sightings show it's back in fashion.
https://www.iflscience.com/wearing-a-salmon-on-your-head-is-back-in-fashion-for-orcas-after-a-37-year-break-76971?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0jhET2axhHDCZr4GIeyqHjkGXo-A2quoajOUVkfFtSrh0jL9aKAGqzu1k_aem__sxYpIJsTISUPI5EnomE6Q
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Great picks. Awesome thread, with a few more classic films to add to my must-see list.
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Daniel Bellingradt
about 1 year ago
Take your dragon out for a fly. This is an
#earlymodern
advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private
#dragon
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Want to see some of Nature’s wonders? Here’s an entire thread of incredibly cool moths, with colorful commentary.
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Eric Topol
about 1 year ago
A big day of output for the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaborative project with 100 countries to understand our ~37 trillion cells A Wikipedia of our cells, a "remarkable achievement"
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study
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Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study
Researchers found no difference in the diversity of species in urban meadows compared with those in rural settings Small patches of wildflowers sown in cities can be a good substitute for a natural meadow, according to a study which showed butterflies,…
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Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you. The Powers That Be. (Okay, I know my sister remembers it, too.) Early days in Joseph Gordon Levitt’s career, and the source of my David Hyde Pierce fandom.
www.themoviedb.org/tv/9787-the-...
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War Games.
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Were they named Thelma and Louise before they went on the run? That would be truly amazing.
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Enjoyed a side quest to Underground at Ink Block in
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#Mural
Project there is stunning—and there’s a little dog park so you can bring your best friend.
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
about 1 year ago
I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.
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Many people think of the 1950s as this idyllic time when America was great, but in terms of public health and infectious diseases things are decidedly better now. This is objectively true.
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Seems like a Secretary of Defense who doesn’t acknowledge the existence of germ warfare would be a security vulnerability.
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