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Angie Rasmussen
about 2 months ago
Maybe you heard somewhere that the COVID-19 pandemic started with a lab leak? NO! That is NOT what the evidence shows. It was not a goddamn lab leak. Iāve had enough. Here is what the evidence shows: it was zoonotic spillover at the market
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Five Reasons Why It Still Wasn't a Lab Leak
Time for some of that civil disagreement that the NIH Director can't get enough of
https://rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/five-reasons-why-it-still-wasnt-a
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Our World in Data
8 months ago
Explore more of our data on causes of death across the world:
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Causes of Death
To find ways to save lives, itās essential to know what people are dying from. Explore global data and research on causes of death.
https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death
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Ewan Birney
9 months ago
An evergreen thread: Race/Ethnicity is *not the same* as genetics, and you can't use Race/Ethnicity as a sort of stand-in for genetics. These two concepts are connected via aspects like skin colour, but the connection is alot less profound and categorical than most people think.
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Sam Bright
9 months ago
š“ These two charts expose Nigel Farageās immigration myths You know how bad the lies have been when you realise people think asylum seekers cost more than *state pensions*
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These two charts expose Nigel Farageās immigration myths
The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.
https://writesbright.substack.com/p/these-two-charts-expose-nigel-farages?r=7emt6&triedRedirect=true
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/m...
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Thereās No āUndoā Button for Extinct Species
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/magazine/extinct-species-dire-wolf.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 year ago
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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ
about 1 year ago
we appear to be shooting ourselves in the foot
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Top cancer experts ābeing put off UK by politiciansā messaging on immigrationā
Exclusive: Leaked report says high visa costs also derailing clinical trials and research, denying NHS life-saving drugs
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/21/top-cancer-experts-being-put-off-uk-by-politicians-messaging-on-immigration-leaked-report
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Development
about 1 year ago
To know more about this work, we spoke to the first author, Ramya Ranganathan, and the corresponding author, Andrea Streit, Professor of Developmental Neurobiology and Head of
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Dire wolves remain very extinct
Despite what you are being fed, de-extinction is a con, full of gloss, bullshit and ghoulish greed.
https://open.substack.com/pub/arutherford/p/dire-wolves-remain-very-extinct?utm_campaign=post
about 1 year ago
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Adam Rutherford
about 1 year ago
GODDAMIT. ITāS NOT A RESURRECTED DIRE WOLF. 20 edits in 19,000 genes. ITāS NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION. EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
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Rob Ford
about 1 year ago
Any Labour SpAd arguing for restricting student imm should be sat down in front of a map and asked three Qs: 1. Where do you think the unis in most financial trouble are? 2. How many people rely on them for jobs and income? 3. Which party represents these seats?
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The Pirbright Institute
about 1 year ago
Pirbright researchers are helping to strengthen ties in animal research and data science between Ghana and the UK. š¤ The partnership, led by
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#AnimalHealth
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African partnership advances animal health research
Researchers from The Pirbright Institute are helping to strengthen ties in animal research and data science between Ghana and the UK.
https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/news/ghana-partnership-animal-health-research
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James Briscoe
about 1 year ago
Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
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Science under siege: protecting scientific progress in turbulent times
As Editors-in-Chief of The Company of Biologists' journals, we have been watching with growing concern the policy changes in the United States of America (USA) and the challenges that these are creati...
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/152/6/DEV204757/367342/Science-under-siege-protecting-scientific-progress
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Very thoughtful discussion of a challenging issue
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about 1 year ago
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Hear hear
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about 1 year ago
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Genetics Society UK
about 1 year ago
Standing Up for Science!š§¬š¬
#StandUpForScience
#StandUpForScience2025
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reposted by
Adam Rutherford
about 1 year ago
Apropos of nothing: THERE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE A CLONED MAMMOTH. <Message ends>
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Glover lab
over 1 year ago
Our paper, from a project that started many moons ago (during my PhD), which further explores the role of PRDM14 in avian embryonic development and primordial germ cells. š„š¬
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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PRDM14 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation and safeguards avian germ cell identity
The zinc finger transcription factor PRDM14, part of the PR domain containing protein family, is critical for mammalian primordial germ cell (PGC) speā¦
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160625000351?via%3Dihub
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Cathy Abbott
over 1 year ago
There doesn't seem to be much we can do to support our fellow scientists in the US but we can at least lobby for this important signal to the world
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reposted by
Stephen Curry
over 1 year ago
Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over. Please keep signing & sharing.
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Open letter to the President of the Royal Society ā time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxqRCQJd8jNnNdXOmR7Ii3AvmO211SX76ai69LpbMHIWkfbA/viewform?usp=dialog
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MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research
over 1 year ago
š Pasteurisation inactivates H5N1 influenza viruses in cows milk, rendering it safe to consume. Now published in
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, researchers highlight the risks of raw milk in affected areas. More:
tinyurl.com/3ceudpme
Paper:
rdcu.be/d8xR9
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James Briscoe
over 1 year ago
I wrote some thoughts about why peer review matters It shapes scientific standards, maintains field coherence & trains new researchers Yes, it needs improvementābut it's the glue that holds scientific progress together
briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/i...
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In Praise of Peer Review
As an Editor of the journal Development, I often hear complaints about peer review. We all know the problems ā from lengthy review times to requests for seemingly unnecessary experiments. I aā¦
https://briscoelab.org/2024/12/11/in-praise-of-peer-review/
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Science for Sustainable Agriculture (SSA)
over 1 year ago
"The current misinformation around Bovaer is just another example of how scare stories can proliferate online. 'Fake news' is now incredibly common, but we should stick to the facts: this is an important scientific innovation in the fight against climate change."
www.farminguk.com/news/bovaer-...
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Bovaer firm slams 'fake news' and 'misinformation' on social media
The Dutch firm behind Bovaer, the methane reducing feed additive, has slammed the current 'fake news' and 'misinformation' surrounding the product.
https://www.farminguk.com/news/bovaer-firm-slams-fake-news-and-misinformation-on-social-media_65756.html
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reposted by
Carol Vorderman
over 1 year ago
Please help us and take the short survey here...it's all about political donations...something I talk a lot about in my book
Democracyforsale.co.uk/safeguard
The warrior
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social
who leads Democracy For Sale is taking this to MPs who support transparency PLEASE SHARE šš¼
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