@lukemartell love the #science folks here yay #scientists got my #climate list and my #covid list and just follow a few other cool folks too

@myriam_vidalv @Nature surveyed >9,000 #Scientists to see how their use us the platform changed since Elon Musk took over. Under 7% have stopped using it altogether and around 46% have joined other social-media platforms.
Why are they leaving?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

https://www.smh.com.au/national/anthony-fauci-on-australia-s-covid-response-ai-and-the-next-pandemic-20230727-p5drm8.html “there has been a phenomenal degree of #PoliticalDivisiveness, which spilled over into how we looked and acted towards the #pandemic,” he said. “#Students and young people who were enthusiastic about getting involved in #science and #PublicService see that #scientists are being #threatened, they’re being #harassed, and they’re being disrespected.”

Scientists on Twitter head for the exit https://www.axios.com/2023/06/20/scientific-community-eyes-doors-twitter “While #Twitter was a key source for information during the #pandemic — and some #scientists have argued the importance of remaining there as a counterbalance to growing misinformation and #antiscience rhetoric — others say it's time to head for the doors.”

🤖 Paralyzed man can walk again thanks to #AI

Scientists in #Switzerland helped GertJan Oskam, paralyzed from the waist down for over a decade, to regain control over his lower body by rebuilding his spinal cord with AI:

#Scientists created a "digital bridge" between Oskam's #brain & spinal cord, bypassing injured sections & captured Oskam's thoughts, using an AI “thought decoder,” translated them into spinal cord stimulation, reestablishing voluntary movement.

#science #news #tech

https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1096/fba.2023-00032 “many #biomedical #scientists live in a climate of fear and that we now face an “avalanche of #abuse” both online through emails and social media, but also through physical confrontations. Both the Pew Research Center and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) report unprecedented distrust of scientists. Such activities could have long-term effects in terms of federal support of the NIH or other biomedical research institutions,”

#Art & #Science

Astrolabes were #Smartphones of their #time & could be used for over 1,000 different applications

#Knowledge of the #stars was an important element of #Islamic #culture.

The word astrolabe comes from the #Greek for ‘star-taker’.

From the 8th century, #scientists & thinkers used instruments like this to gather information relating to timekeeping, positions of sun, stars, #planets, & point to the direction of #Mecca.

#technology @histodons #Islam #astrology #history

🪐 AI Discovers a New Planet

Researchers discovered a new #planet using machine learning, showing #AI's potential to transform how #scientists detect new #planets far from #Earth
& identify exoplanets by examining protoplanetary disks.

AI models pinpointed the planet's location✨even in data humans had already analyzed✨

#read :

#https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09541?utm_source=www.therundown.ai&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=researchers-discover-a-new-planet-using-ai

#space #news #science

@mackayim2022 very fair point.

I tried, but hard enough to live tweet to also live toot at the same time!

At conferences, the power of twitter's established network effect is amplified further as well. Even the part time viewers go there to discuss work presented, making principled avoidance of twitter an even more self-defeating exercise.
#ID #ECCMID23 #clinicians #scientists #ECCMID2023

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RT @TruthCampaigns: @ElonMusk you are the only man who can stop this #Madness

#Scientists already fucked up big time #VaccineSideEffects
#BSE in #Cattle fed to humans = #nvCJD early onset #Alzheimers ?!
Many Drugs Are chemical #toxins cause #ataxia #dystonia #Dyskinesia

2/8 Dr. Steeves: "There was so much talk in grad school, "Oh, Indians have only been here 12,000 years."

"And I'm like, "I don't see the data or the scientific evidence for that anywhere. And I know there's a couple sites that are older than 12,000 years."

So, all these #scientists talking about 12,000 years like it's a given...but Dr. Steeves asked, "where's the evidence for this?"

Of course, there isn't any...

So...WTF are all these #scientists talking about?

Ok #Scientists #astronomy #planetary folks. For a tidally locked to the sun planet with a moon - would observers see moon phases?

“#Scientists maintain that the risk of sustained spread among people is very low, but each detection of the virus in something warm-blooded and furry hints that the #virus is improving its ability to infiltrate new hosts. “Every time that happens, it’s another chance for that virus to make the changes that it needs,” says #RichardWebby, a #virologist at #StJudeChildrens #Research. “… this virus is a kid in a candy store.””

#H5N1

This #BirdFlu #Outbreak Is #Unprecedented
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/02/avian-bird-flu-virus-outbreak-epidemic/673058/

Dr. Steeves: "There was so much talk in grad school, "Oh, Indians have only been here 12,000 years."

"And I'm like, "I don't see the data or the scientific evidence for that anywhere. And I know there's a couple sites that are older than 12,000 years."

So, all these #scientists talking about 12,000 years like it's a given...but Dr. Steeves asked, "where's the evidence for this?" Of course, there isn't any...

So...WTF are all these #scientists talking about?

We are proud to be a part of an institution that is committed to building and supporting a diverse healthcare workforce.

Each summer, Northwestern Medicine hosts 20 students from George Westinghouse College Preparatory High School to help them learn about potential careers in #Medicine as #Physicians and #Scientists.

https://t.co/7dKk4Am7mW

@prehensile #scientists and #artists are good for that … #mystics, too ✨

https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/literature/essay-is-sufi-poetry-the-new-religion-yahia-lababidi-works-in-review/article66210255.ece/amp/ #islam #spirituality

#January 21, 1854
#OTD Erwin Frink Smith, American #Botanist, is born.

He mentored & promoted female #Scientists at the Bureau of #Plant Industry in DC.

He married Charlotte Mae Buffet in 1893. They both loved #Reading & #Poetry.

When Charlotte died after 12 years of marriage, he was lost. Erwin wrote in For Her Friends and Mine:

"She might have become an expert #Naturalist...
In studying #Birds, she used an opera-glass, not a shotgun.

She was, however, a very good shot with the revolver."

Should I join #Mastodon ? A #Scientists’ #guide to #twitter ‘s rival:

“When I go on Twitter, it’s more performative. On Mastodon, it’s a natural state of conversation."

https://t.co/1Ln5s8Q53U

#TwitterMigration #elon #musk #ElonMusk #SocialMedia #science #nature #SilentSunday #BlueMonday #MondayMotivation #Monday #Essay #articles #reading #social

@luckytran I'm a subscriber and can give you the link for reading it without a paywall: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/scientist-fired-climate-change-activism.html?unlocked_article_code=8Nr7xi0nI6tLpN6ra23AqbfQOp0CAyxtCesDU-alJeSQJYljdfeLzjENrQY9u30591ZCGY6m7Ir07iqanOHFTwYPgZ5pXDk5p77COGOHxNHRHQSVTNT1sILPNLU1G8vCb9WkP1GkIOKGijYvUgEU3Jfh7JciV9vAqqScFCE2SuaMM7FuW_DCt1lZehvRSydWuM8Q6q8yfmWTprgxJklrE8c5eT17rpF8qCreuzPaJvaPlY7iB32qTs_BHRLLO6QBCt4AlYHvTdIeT_t6VGxvHhcpLNhS6zI7du25qt6UgpAJxFKns08v6lko-MkOXXow74yM_2N-zrrGCAxxhzNGNQ-Jvo6eBwUxoOABS0jUae8p&smid=share-url
(If you are a subscriber, you can share up to 10 links per month with the "gift"-button, then it's free for others). #Scientists #Climate #Activism

"Defining the #Anthropocene is vital, researchers say, because it brings together all the impacts of #humans on the world, thereby giving a platform for holistic understanding and, hopefully, action to repair the damage. From a scientific perspective, a precise #definition is essential for a clear basis for debate". #Scientists try to define a place and time:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/06/h-bombs-chicken-bones-scientists-race-to-define-start-of-the-anthropocene