new favorite Wikipedia editor is this woman who was born in 1914 and served in WWII as a Navy psychiatrist

This thread is GLORIOUS

Google's new AI search results are having quite the week. Here's a thread with some of my favorite answers:

The fragility of life is so shocking. I’ve known Michael Mosley for many years - as a tv producer specialising in science and medicine. He was the executive producer of my 2009 series Human Journey. When he started presenting as well as producing, we made several science

Hey British Library, not to food shame you buuuuut I’m at the national library in Rome and I’ve just eaten a massive bowl of pesto and fagiolini pasta topped with pecorino and, with a bottle of sparkling water, it cost me £5

Just in time for #pridemonth I have a new article out! It looks at applications of #queertheory in #ethnobotany and in #biology broadly. You can check it out here: rdcu.be/dHX4b

These symbolic portraits hang in Bolivia’s government palace are made of coca leaves. While in some countries like Colombia the leaf is stigmatized as an ingredient in cocaine, it’s honored as something of heritage in indigenous cultures in the Andes & countries like Bolivia.

Join us on 16th Oct for our stellar #histmed line up 🤩 Mark Nesbitt @KewScience Elisabeth Hsu University of Oxford Erin Connelly University of Warwick Simon Mills (herbalist/author) Debora Moretti & Peter Jones Alternative Healers 1834-1948 John Hunnex Natural History Museum Programme & booking below ⬇️ RT!

1/🧵 Did you know that #Coca is not a #drug, & much more than just the plant that yields #cocaine? But the plot thickens, and as our new research discovered, identifying cultivated cocas from wild species using traditional methods is very difficult 🌿 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41…

9/ Takeaway: #Coca is not #cocaine! We hope our research helps informing policies on monitoring, & to the dissociation of coca from drug once & for all. It was a privilege to work w amazing collabs, including Antonelli Lab, Rudy Diaz, Natalia Przelomska, a n d r e s + more!

Who Europe is supporting on Sunday.

Very grateful & excited to share this beautiful coverage in Forbes by Andrew J Wight 🇦🇺🇨🇴✍🏽🕺🏻💃🏽! Learn about our latest study on coca & about my journey as a #latino #orchid scientist: 🔗forbes.com/sites/andrewwi… #Coca is not a #drug, it’s so much more than #cocaine! 🌿 📖 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41…

Welcome to our new followers! Now in our 15th year with a research community of 200 scholars & practitioners, we are joining the world of social media & have lots of research & events to share. Please RT to your networks! herbalhistory.org/home/

Our next online talk is three weeks today - Monday 25 November 18.30 GMT Kim Walker explores The Making of a Quinologist : Cinchona & Quinine Science in the work of John Eliot Howard (1807-1883) No charge, all welcome. Email [email protected] to reserve your place.

.#coca Statement by Ricardo Soberón Garrido about coca declasification process. Today in the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in behalf of Vienna NGO Committee and the Peruvian coca growers.

Fancy a slice of #quinine #gingerbread to perk you up this season? In our latest blog, author and researcher Dr Kim Walker Kim Walker bites into the story of a short-lived C19th 'tonic' gingerbread 😋 🌲🍪herbalhistory.org/home/quinine-g…

Super excited to talk today about the botanical and evolutive context of the #coca leaf on this fantastic event organised by Open Society Foundations at the United Nations HQ! Keen on learning about the cultural and scientific value of this sacred plant? Join here for free! 🍃 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15/k…