Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

How long until US govt signs new contracts for additional 10s or 100s of Millions of ACAM2000 doses to build precautionary stockpile? It’s gonna happen, right? $ebs #mpox

For an assignment, I asked some of my terminal paediatric palliative care patients what they had enjoyed in life, and what gave it meaning. Kids can be so wise, y'know. Here are some of the responses (Thread).

Alex Goldberg I feel like something isn’t right... but here’s something. R=x.

Berlin wall stood for 10316 days, and tomorrow is 10316 days since it is gone.

I did the whole 60+ hours thing throughout my 20s. In my 30s, I see how many things I missed out on, and how I am not a full person. But never too late to change. I am delighted with the culture my students have set up in my lab. I have never suggested or enforced hours (1/n). x.com/NAChristakis/s…

If only there were a big (say 100 year) anniversary of some global pandemic that might help illustrate this need... x.com/edyong209/stat…

I've spent 2 years tracking the gender balance in my stories. In that time, I've raised the proportion of women whom I quote from 25% to 50%. Here's why I did it, and what I learned on the way. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

In my experience, if the government truly wanted to keep something from being read by the public, they should start referring to classified documents as “syllabi” and then list important items in the sections covering either testing or attendance policies.

In November 2016 I answered Jessica Morrison's call to help design science emojis. Today, nine of them made it. blog.emojipedia.org/157-new-emojis…

Usually disappointed when a green light turns to yellow. But not when submerging a green LED into LN2 and seeing it change color! Lower temp reduces band gap energy, lowering energy of emitted photons.

Great representation, rough hashtag #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience x.com/roysocchem/sta…

I nominate this poacher for the 2018 Darwin Award. x.com/cbsnews/status…

I keep having moments of (hopefully) irrational panic that we're at the start of the movie Contagion except the government is defunding the CDC and giving all the money to the homeopathy guy

American politics are a mess, but around the world, lots of things are improving! qz.com/1169003/the-99…

So much for "Plastic is forever" RT The New York Times: One famous designer chair is oozing goop. Another has exploded into puffs of foam. A bookcase’s shelves bubbled as gases formed within. The culprits? Plastic. And time. nyti.ms/2HYdnvT

“The summer I spent analyzing steer feces was great training for academia.” Bob Grubbs, Katritzky Lecturer #FloHet2018 😉

For most cancers five-year survival rates increased slightly since the 1970s. Partly because of earlier detection and partly because of better treatment. But survival and improvements vary hugely depending on the type of cancer. From our entry on cancer: ourworldindata.org/cancer