Brand name publication = peacock's tail. It's wasteful and harmful, but it grows and persists because it's favored by the selection process.

Want to change the system? Post preprints and only post preprints - don't submit to journals, don't subscribe to journals, don't read journals - only hire and fund people based on their preprints.

“Five of Jupiter’s moons, Amalthea, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are either large enough or close enough to the planet to completely occult the Sun. Double, triple and multiple simultaneous eclipses are not uncommon on the planet” livemint.com/science/news/t…

This would be amazing, magnifying the value of interactions and giving each participant something as a real takeaway from the event.

This is so cool - a remarkably frequent mutation in a non-protein-coding RNA gene, which causes around one in every 200 currently undiagnosed cases of developmental delay around the world (including 8 Australian families so far!). A couple of thoughts (1/3)

Firstly, you only find what you look for. This is the most recurrent single mutation in the genome in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders, but has been missed to date because it falls outside protein-coding regions. A good reminder to think outside the ORF. (2/3)

In 1715, Edmund Halley (the comet guy!) predicted the timing of an eclipse with 4-minute accuracy. He also created the first predictive illustration of an eclipse, showing sky-watchers what to expect.
griffonagedotcom.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/ear… #Eclipse

Fifty years ago, paleoanthropologists unearthed the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton known as Lucy and transformed our views of humanity’s origins.

Today, Lucy faces competition for the role of our direct ancestor but remains the best candidate. Learn more: scim.ag/6tI

Coming soon on Netflix. Watch to see how #Gibraltar is a key player in this cutting edge scientific research on #Neanderthals :

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