Why Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, as revealed by uranium cubes, and more on this week's @science.org podcast w/ @meagancantwell.bsky.social @nerdychristie.bsky.social www.science.org/content/podc...

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Someone just reminded me of a Q&A I did 9 years ago(!) with the great @nerdychristie.bsky.social. So, if you ever wonder what I do for a living (or at least what I did 9 years ago, which is pretty similar), here you go. #SciComm 🧪 www.theopennotebook.com/2017/03/28/o...

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A very flawed paper that anti-vaxxers use to support the false conclusion that vaccines cause autism was retracted last week because of “concerns about methodology…and conclusions”. Of course RFK Jr. in his role as HHS Secretary is now demanding an explanation. Here it is: the data are shite.

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Happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough, whose Private Life of Plants got me into botany while I was still in grad school doing fruit fly developmental genetics, and ultimately changed my entire career path. I met him a few times when I worked at NHM London; he always seemed like a very nice man.

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