How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

A draw that feels like a victory: 🇯🇲Jamaica 0 🇫🇷France 0 as the final whistle blows. Withstood a relentless second half French onslaught and the 43rd ranked team in the world holds a footballing giant. But sadly we’ve lost Bunny for our match against Panama. #Jamaica #ReggaeGirlz

Seeing more Jamaican organizations using humour in their tweets. Latest is Bellevue Hospital…Good see us catching up with international counterparts and using the platform appropriately.

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

You know who can’t access Jamaica’s white-sand beaches? Jamaicans.

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Congratulations and all the very best to 2023 graduating class at UWI! #thecovidcohort instagram.com/reel/CzKKewfOP…

Zoom fatigue is not burnout. It’s boreout. New study: when meetings are virtual, we’re not overwhelmed—we’re understimulated. Cardiac measures show drowsiness, not stress. The antidotes are common sense but not common practice: fewer, shorter, more interactive online meetings.

You may not be able to go back and make a brand new start, but you can start today and make a brand new ending. Happy... umm... Happy whatever day it is 🤗

I just interviewed a grown child of a mommy blogger and I just have to say we're not ready for the stories that are going to emerge in the coming years

Distinguishing between description and analysis in academic writing buff.ly/2FzvJBS Do you get told your writing is "not analytical enough"? Well, I used to get this comment all the time in my writing as a PhD student, so I decided to learn to discern the differences.

They buried the lede on this new study. It's not that exercise beats out SSRIs for depression treatment, but that *just* dancing has the largest effect of *any treatment* for depression. That's kind of beautiful.

GET READY FOR THE 2024 LIFEGUARD TRAINING AND EXAMINATIONS!!! Here are the dates for this year's exams.

Once, we ran a study on Prolific and a participant wrote on Reddit that the study “Felt like I was losing the will to live.” I went on the Prolific Subreddit (24k members!) and asked what matters. Here is what they told me. A thread on happier participants and better studies 1/9

Approximately 50 students at St. Andrew High School for Girls sat the road code test on Tuesday (April 23), becoming the first Corporate Area institution and the first all-girls school to take the test. Administered by the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), the test is a

you should get a certain number of “reading days” per year along with your allotted sick days, so that you can phone your boss and say “I can’t come in to work today, I’m reading in bed” and then you spend the day reading in bed

The Mona GeoInformatics Institute (MGI) at The UWI has won the prestigious Google Geo for Good Impact Award for 2023/2024. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: bit.ly/Mona-Geo

Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow: A special documentary about noise and hearing loss in Jamaica. This Wednesday @ 8:30pm on TVJ's All Angles Investigates.

I am wondering whether Caribbean companies are using AI, how they’re using AI and whether there are policies for employees’ use of AI. Love to hear about your experiences and thoughts on this. I’ll share your responses in one of my graduate courses