For those you encounter with a conspiracy mindset re: #COVID...we KNEW this family of viruses could cause a pandemic.
1) SARS/MERS preceded COVID
2) We actually have a list of the viral families with the highest pandemic potential (see attached)
Source: @science.org www.science.org/cont...
I like how part of the word for spider in Chinese Hanzi is basically "insect" on the left and what looks like a dude running for an exit on the right.
#spiders
I miss sleep
We're in the phase of newborn where kiddo will happily suck on a finger to calm down.
So today when she started fussing my husband turns to me and says: "Give her the finger."
I wish I could say I started laughing, but I just nodded and didn't realize what he said until he started laughing.
AstraZeneca has undergraduate internships in Frederick, MD - there are a variety of roles for folks studying engineering (mechanical, bio[medical],chemical,industrial,environmental), biology, chemistry, statistics, environmental science careers.astrazeneca.com/job/frederic... #chemsky 🧪⚗️ #chemsummer
EL entered popular consciousness after the late Oliver Sacks, on a hunch that EL had similar pathophysiology as Parkinson's disease, experimentally administered L-DOPA to catatonic patients, some of whom made miraculous recoveries, reanimating after decades of catatonia.
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When people are skeptical of long COVID, you may want to point them to Encephelaitis Lethargica (EL). Still unexplained, but many researchers hypothesize that the Spanish Flu was a causative factor.
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#longCOVID #infectiousDisease #virology #neuroscience
Oh look an actually relevant Guiness World Record.
If this was widespread, it could help a lot with enigmatic rare diseases, mysterious ICU visits, and the like. That is, if we don't lose the pre-existing conditions clause first. 🫠
#genomeSequencing #biotechnology #health #rareDisease
...And the functional elements were all represented with different colors of highlighted text. With a key at the bottom.
It'll take time - we are experiencing the regrowth and succession of an ecosystem. Y'all are the pioneer species.
Now that I have a newborn, I can safely say everyone's first love was a nipple.
Nurse: wow, it's hard to find a vein for the IV. You're very dehydrated.
Me: ...you gave me specific instructions not to eat or drink several hours before the procedure.
Nurse:
What's the hardest puzzle in Puzzle Depot's story levels? Tough to say, but Electroroach is a toughie that's gotten some attention.
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#puzzledepot #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
This. I don't think a world with *no* cars is practical, but we could make them a lot less murderous.
#cars #vehicularManslaughter
If not friend then why friend-shaped?
Actually, that cane sugar Mexican coke is now made mostly for U.S./non-Mexico markets due to the country's sugar tax.
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If you hadn't heard the news, Puzzle Depot is now OUT on Steam! Solve sokoban-style puzzles with surprising mechanics and object interactions!
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#indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame #puzzledepot
Capturing tiny jumping spider friend strains the limits of my phone's camera.
#Salticidae #invertebrates #arachnid #photography
Unrelated to romance but I like how in nearly any other industry this line would be eyebrow-raising, but in biotech we are like 'yep this just in water is wet':
"The biotech company currently loses money and analysts expect additional losses while its drugs are still in development."
As a former field researcher, I can confirm this.
I got out not because of the danger, but because of how frustrating it was to get statistical significance for your studies because half of your field project would disappear.
That's a lot o' buddies
This is a true statement.
When you are the Batman of science journalism:
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This does not, however, rule out unplanned nuclear explosions...?
A scattering of many succulents and other plants amdist some new pots in a long-delayed repotting project.
Past me: oh, a bit of plant fell off let me just put it in a tiny pot.
Current me: How did I get this many plants.
#plantSky #succulents #repottingProcrastination
Fun insect-fungal mutualism alert!
#insects #invertebrates #fungi #symbiosis #bioSky
Scientists looking for new roles: follow @jobrxiv.org!!
It's an open, international job board for scientists and regularly posts jobs from academia and industry. Way more organized than my ad-hoc job posting.
#science #biotech #pharma #research #bioSky #chemSky #PhD #postdoc
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