Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

Are you a journalist writing about a current heatwave? The images you choose are critical to the story. The @climateoutreach.bsky.social team have shown some ideas here which help stress the risks rather than the typical ice creams: www.climatevisuals.org/how-do-you-p...

New from The Strain Team: 🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊 Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗). Gross! 😀 1/n #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky

We conducted a qualitative study on oral health care for young children in Belgium and really put effort into reaching parents from minority groups. A short overview of our findings (using quotes from the focus groups and interviews 😊):

It was an absolute honor to chair EuroCIM2025! Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen - especially Oliver Dukes and @svansteelandt.bsky.social for their incredible support. A big thanks also to all the participants, without whom this conference wouldn’t be possible.

It’s a wrap! My #euroCIM2025 take-away message is 1. People are working on causal inference topics that go waaaay over my head 2. Many applied researchers are still unaware of the heroic assumptions they make 3. Both groups need to make efforts to close this gap

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉 Kickstart 2025 with exciting news! 🌟 Registrations for EuroCIM 2025 are now OPEN! Secure your spot with early-bird discounts until March 1. 🔔 Reminder: Abstract submissions close January 15, 23:00 CET—don’t miss your chance to contribute!