Share this postBest of Twitter - Week of August 2, 2021bestoftwitter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailBest of Twitter - Week of August 2, 2021Alexey GuzeyAug 11, 20211Share this postBest of Twitter - Week of August 2, 2021bestoftwitter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMilan Cvitkovic @MWCvitkovicGreat piece on the too-little-known, burgeoning medical technique that is focused ultrasound: neo.life/2020/11/the-fo…Whyvert @whyvertWhen Americans lecture small European countries (like Hungary) on using migration to grow rich, they should recall that the US is able to attract far more high-achieving migrants than such countries.Whyvert @whyvertAbout 33 (out of nearly 100) country of origin groups in the US earn more than natives. The very highest earning will include highly selected Indian, Canadian, etc immigrants. Small European countries cannot attract such people. ^ threadStuart Buck @stuartbuck1Now think about how this phenomenon could affect peer review: Spotting the Intolerant Minority Rule (Part 1)A few examplespaulskallas.substack.comCharlie Petty @credibleutilitySome great RNA weirdness Viral Knots | In the PipelineThe current pandemic has made everyone think a lot more about viruses than they ever had any desire to, but they’re a constant background to our lives – and to the lives of pretty much every living creature. Humans have their viruses, other mammals have theirs (with occasional catastrophic overlaps)…blogs.sciencemag.orgNathan Taylor @ntaylor963175 elite athletes from Australian national teams were surveyed, and said they got 8.3 hours of sleep per night. When study monitored with wristbands, actual was 6.7 hours per night. Write up from @sweatscience outsideonline.com/health/trainin… Dennis Wingo @wingodThe future. Don't let any of the assholes talk you out of it. Stanislav Yurin @stan_yurinI bet that 90% of severe mental illnesses can be cured by removal of the most toxic relative this person physically or mentally depends on. #ViaNegativaSean W Cain @circadian247New work from my lab and @circadianumbers published in @PNASNews today shows massive (>50-fold) individual differences in the response to evening light, but also high average sensitivity. Big implications for vulnerability to circadian disruption. Quarantined sectionGeorgii Bazykin @GBazykinIn a new preprint, we study, to my knowledge, the longest reported case of persistent COVID-19. In brief: a single infection lasting 318 days; a LOT of intra-host evolution; no antibodies so no escape; instead, escape from T cells. Thanks to all involved SARS-CoV-2 escape from cytotoxic T cells during long-term COVID-19Research Square is a preprint platform that makes research communication faster, fairer, and more useful.researchsquare.com
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