Best of Twitter - Week of August 2, 2021

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

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.

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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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…


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

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.

