Best of Twitter - Week of August 2, 2021

Milan Cvitkovic @MWCvitkovic

Great piece on the too-little-known, burgeoning medical technique that is focused ultrasound: neo.life/2020/11/the-fo…

Whyvert @whyvert

When 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 @whyvert

About 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.

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Stuart Buck @stuartbuck1

Now think about how this phenomenon could affect peer review:

paulskallas.substack.comSpotting the Intolerant Minority Rule (Part 1)A few examples

Charlie Petty @credibleutility

Some great RNA weirdness

blogs.sciencemag.orgViral 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)…

Nathan Taylor @ntaylor963

175 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 @wingod

The future. Don't let any of the assholes talk you out of it.

Stanislav Yurin @stan_yurin

I bet that 90% of severe mental illnesses can be cured by removal of the most toxic relative this person physically or mentally depends on. #ViaNegativa

Sean W Cain @circadian247

New 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.

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Georgii Bazykin @GBazykin

In 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

researchsquare.comSARS-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.