Astrology doesn't hold up to scientific scrutiny: 1. The positions of celestial objects have no bearing on personality 2. There's no clear mechanism to explain why they would 3. So why do people keep believing? Research: it may be due to low intelligence and high narcissism...

99% of people suck at writing cold emails. I get about 1,000 emails per day, here's what catches my eye 🧵

Do read. Nice thread from Sidin

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A student who is coming to interview in one of our graduate programs asked me for advice about interviews. So, here is my guidance, in case it's useful. Hopefully others will add their own.

Heard a heartwarming story of how an Indian mother stood behind her daughters decision to be a single parent via surrogacy. As Kaushik and I say, when situations and choices come along, we should be the rock 🪨 behind our child. The world can expand its views at its own pace.

Hello Delhi! We know the third wave is here. So many of you are single living with elderly parents & some of you are abroad / outstation while parents are living here in Delhi. Pls let me know if any essential medicine or medical help is needed. Will try my best. DM Open

I have a degree in immunology from Cambridge, a medical degree from Oxford, and a master's in public health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine… but "John52659143" on here just told me I know nothing about all three, so there's that.

Psychologists use a term called "pluralistic ignorance" to describe the phenomenon of "no one believes, but everyone thinks that everyone believes." (h/t Adam Grant) Here's a way to visualize it:

Secret Panel HERE 🕷 tapas.io/episode/2016678

Most historical Gurudwaras contain frescoes depicting Hindu deities, often in the Kangra style. Harmandir, Nankana, Kartarpur, Tarn Taran, all of them. There’s even many such murals in the Mughal fort at Lahore, added by the Sikhs who ruled from there for half a century.

A young girl & her father enters OPD 14y and is deeply jaundiced Teary eyed, her father requests ONLY one thing "She's advised liver transplant. We are poor. Can you please help us avoid it?" I look at the girl the father & brace myself for the worst case I'd ever seen...

Racism in Europe is so terrifying. Was chatting to a Nigerian guy living in Germany on the train the other day. He said one day during a storm a tree on his street fell down and blocked the pavement. He decided to pick it up and move it out of the way so people could pass...

The new rotation student watching Jensen Lab videos for the first week because they "want to do #cryoEM"

[1/n] I am offering a free Zoom "intro to R" data visualization workshop on November 5th, 2022 after popular demand. Specifically, I will go through the use of ggplot2. All disciplines and beginner* R skill levels are welcome. PhD Voice - Independently Run Academic Chatter™ OpenAcademics

Hi guys! I made 2 new coot tutorials covering the coot 1 graphics 😃. I will show you: 1. How to make a figure using the GUI youtube.com/watch?v=tCpCmB… 2. How to make a figure by scripting in Python using coot as a module youtube.com/watch?v=OL5-aS…

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Today we've launched our book "Atlas of Fourier Transforms". It has been a two year passion project led by Miti Shah, a student in our lab. It is uniquely comprehensive and suitable as a coffee table book or advanced research reference. The full pitch is on Kickstarter.