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Today's academia leaves less room for basic science than ever before. My new piece for @caltechletters on why this is ruining humanity's future — and how trainees can fight back:
caltechletters.org/viewpoint…
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An mRNA vaccine doesn't actually contain the virus itself. Think of it as an email sent to your immune system that shows what the virus looks like, instructions to kill it, and then—like a Snapchat message—it disappears. Amazing technology.
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“You probably have never heard of prion diseases before. We usually think about viruses and bacteria causing us harm. In prion diseases, a family of rare neurological disorders, the damaging agent is a misfolded protein which contains no genetic information. (1/10)
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Check out this @caltechletters article written by @PorfirioQuin on how standardized testing and their associated fees are measures of social and financial privilege, rather than student aptitude. It is time for @caltech to remove the GRE permanently.
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Last month, the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis documented 47 separate instances of political meddling in the US pandemic response. Experts helped me dig through the document and find the worst ones:
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Yesterday morning I captured an incredibly brief and rare event, the ISS transiting the 4% illuminated moon during the daytime. #astrophotography #space #opteam
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Two articles appeared this week on Caltech’s relationship to eugenic sterilization and how we commemorate our predecessors: In @caltechletters, @sopcharan wrote that “a building’s name symbolizes a university’s aspirations; it is not a historical marker.” caltechletters.org/viewpoint…
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Possibly the world's best "Have I found a baby dinosaur?" looking rock I have ever seen! 😳🦖
Definitely a Calciteasaurus pseudofossili... 😏
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🔬 - Biosphere, produced by @caltechletters contributors, featuring unscripted conversations between Caltech scientists: caltechletters.org/podcasts/…
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Data from 32 countries and 4 major cities show that official COVID death tolls only account for about 2/3 of the surge in deaths that we've seen. Undiagnosed COVID? Lockdown effects? Read on to find out how researchers are trying to untangle the stats:
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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To celebrate the end of #NotMyThesis season 1 (co-hosted with @HeidiKlumpe), @caltechletters and friends had 3 min to dress up like @iraglass, podcaster extraordinaire!
Listen here (caltechletters.org/podcasts/…, ft @MiaDoesAstro) or in the Caltech Letters feed on your app of choice!
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Why do bats carry so many viruses? For our first post, we wanted to answer a question that’s relevant to something on everyone’s minds: Covid-19. Swipe through to see the explanation. We hope this helps clear some things up! Stay tuned for more answers to science questions. 1/9
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Just finished listening to Chapter 1 of the NMT podcast by @caltechletters and can't wait to hear the next chapter. Very inspiring! Amazing work, keep it up!
Not My Thesis is a podcast about the parts of the scientific process that don't get published. Find it here: caltechletters.org/podcasts/…
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Grammar for physicists: hyphens versus en dashes.
Fact: Tullio Levi-Civita is one person.
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I think I am technically the faculty advisor for @caltechletters, but clearly not a very attentive one! I didn’t know they had a podcast, looks great.
In case you missed it, my friends at @caltechletters are making podcasts now! Here's a fun discussion led by my colleague Aditi Narayanan about the origin of life—one of my favorite scientific topics. caltechletters.org/podcasts/…
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In case you missed it, my friends at @caltechletters are making podcasts now! Here's a fun discussion led by my colleague Aditi Narayanan about the origin of life—one of my favorite scientific topics. caltechletters.org/podcasts/…
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I’ve avoided being political in my lab twitter but nothing about right now is political. Being anti-racist is a minimum to being a good person. I’m grateful to my teams support. Nothing personal but we don’t care about your preprint or new result right now. #BlackLivesMatter
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Many of my Black friends and I have gotten messages from white colleagues asking about our well being and how they can help. Rather than burden us with your guilt, invite us to co-author papers and grants with you. Invite us to be on the symposium or be the guest speaker.
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It’s another installment of #MythobiologyMondays! Today, we are exploring the way that the Tower of Babel is reflected in one of the most fundamental processes in biology: speciation.
Join us for this #SciComm journey. A thread! 🧵👇
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ALT The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brugel (1563). The architecture is reminiscent of the Colosseum in Rome.