It is with utmost sorrow and heavy hearts to announce the passing of our President and Co-Founder of BlackinChem, Samantha “Sammy” Mensah. She was a phenomenal activist, leader, inventor, science communicator. and a doctoral candidate in chemistry at UCLA. (1/3)

We want to start eating disorder awareness week with this essential quote from Dr. Burgard. It’s bad enough that fatphobia permeates every part of our society but it’s downright scary that it happens in our eating disorder organizations and treatment centers. How do we expe

A family in Kansas City is demanding answers after a white man shot their Black child in the head when he accidentally rang the doorbell of the wrong home, and then shot him again The man was taken to police station to make a statement and then released kansascitydefender.com/justice/kansas…

A guy plagiarized my work, made it a tribute to a racist opera, people said my race was the problem. He copied near 1:1 of my work flipped over, but my medium of choice was the problem. When licensing is a part of my work & he stole from me—me being a woman was the problem. 1/

More evidence vaccines do not cause autism. Researchers were able to use MRI images taken before birth (in utero)-BEFORE VACCINATION- to predict autistic phenotypes with 73.3% specificity/66.7% sensitivity. Let see the mental gymnastics 🤸‍♂️. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Don't confuse looking jacked with being healthy. As a cardiologist, I've seen plenty of body builder type "fit" men with big heart attacks and terrible coronary artery disease.

I met a 78 year old man who recently started sleeping at a park I take supplies to. He broke his back working construction. When he got out of the hospital, he had been evicted. A lifetime of his belongings had been thrown away by his landlord. Homelessness is that easy.

A reminder.

1.4 million under 18s were referred to NHS mental health services in 2022. That’s a 76% increase from 2019 - the highest number on record. And the second year in a row where referrals exceeded one million. Young people are being failed. theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

Sainsbury’s CEO gets paid almost £4m in bonuses, on top of his salary. He’s on £2,298 per hour, while Sainsbury workers are getting £11 per hour. And we get told workers salaries are driving inflation. Rubbish, it’s the greed of the elite driving inflation.

Wow! Melanin is a potentially game-changing semiconductor for bioelectronics! It's not just a pigment, it's a complex molecule with unique properties and many possible applications in TECH!💡 Dive in, get inspired & learn about what this all means! 👩🏿‍🔬🧪 #melanin #sciencetwitter

You wake up at 5am to get to work. Get home at 5pm, 5 days a week. Opt for Tesco delivery because you’re exhausted. Then they change your slot from 5-6pm to 7-10pm 😭 it’s the 2nd time now and cost me £6 for delivery!! 😭😭

Protect sex workers from harm: chng.it/s5sVHtPF via Change.org UK

I am in LOVE with this picture of us at the White House!! An astronaut, aquanaut, two astrophysicists and a molecular biologist right here in this photo 🥰 these are the faces of science.

CAN WE HAVE A FOUR DAY WORK WEEK PLEASE AND THANK YOU 😮‍💨

Are you considering donating your body to science? Did you know that donating your body to a medical school or for research is a powerful way to positively impact lives and lead the way to medical breakthroughs?

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️TRANS LIBERATION TODAY & EVERY DAY 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

🔬Major microscopy moment: when you find a marine tardigrade! You should give it a try!

This Sunday, 10 September, is World Suicide Prevention Day. For us, every day is World Suicide Prevention Day, and PAPYRUS offers suicide prevention support to the young people that need us, 24 hours per day, seven days per week. This year alone, over 365,000 people* have

Would really prefer it if TfL staff & Metropolitan Police would stop touching me, yelling at me (when I’m clearing wearing headphones) & with aggressive body language when pulling me up for my disabled freedom pass - PEOPLE HAVE INVISIBLE ILLNESS & your staff need more training!!