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how & why aims to translate scientific articles for non-scientific audiences, focusing on presenting science in a fun and exciting way 🔍

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hey twitter! check out my most recent post on the #impossibleburger scihowandwhy.wixsite.com/howandwhy/post… #scicomm #science #impossiblefoods #sustainablefood #plants #plantbased

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awesome simulation from #NASA shows a black hole. The orange disk around it is made from v hot matter orbiting the black hole. It’s actually flat, but the black hole’s pull literally warps spacetime, which is why it appears to bend at top & bottom

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This might be the first-ever recording of an octopus changing colors while it's dreaming. 😱🦑 Professor David Scheel recorded the mollusk as it lay in a research tank. Need more evidence octopuses are just aliens living on Earth? Here ya go: trib.al/fjE8ugl

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LIVE NOW: Astronauts at work! Christina H Koch and Astronaut Andrew “Drew” Morgan are suited up for today’s spacewalk to install new lithium-ion batteries that will upgrade the International Space Station's power systems. Tune in: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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The Nobel Prize in Physics awarded was very well-deserved. However, next time you hear Vera Rubin didn't win for discovering dark matter bc *insert excuse here*, let today show exactly why she didn't win for discovering one of cosmology's most pressing questions: she was a woman.

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Why should #AcademicTwitter care about the #SCOTUS hearing today on #LGBTQ workplace discrimination? Absence of anti-discrimination laws measurably affects the stigma experienced by LGBTQ researchers & few top research institutions are located in states w/such laws: #RiseUpOct8

Why should #AcademicTwitter care about the #SCOTUS hearing today on #LGBTQ workplace discrimination? Absence of anti-discrimination laws measurably affects the stigma experienced by LGBTQ researchers & few top research institutions are located in states w/such laws:
#RiseUpOct8
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Hi #scicomm tweeps. Today we're talking about #CRISPR & gene editing in food, plants, & animals. A good way to start is a reminder that CRISPR is literally in much of the yogurt we eat & has been for more than a decade. Here's the backstory! theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

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my friends & colleagues at SACNAS - University of Chicago crushing it! Diversity, Equity, and Justice in #STEM is critical and groups like SACNAS and UChicago Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team are paving the way towards inclusive & just science. #scienceisforeveryone #DiversityandInclusion #diversitymatters

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Scientists have developed a new gene-editing technology that could potentially correct up to 89% of genetic defects, including those that cause diseases like sickle cell anemia. cnn.it/2JetXKe