Prof Sophie Scott
Director @UCL_ICN. half of @neuromantics1. RI Xmas Lecturer 2017, strong views about carpets. #trouserwatchLDN Looking into the dark sea, seeing only brightness
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The Anonymous Culture Cops of the Internet - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
This sort of research can, piece by piece, help reshape the online landscape so it isn’t quite so tribal and awash in misinformation…
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The real stakes in the David Shor saga
There’s a very real argument about speech in progressive spaces.
#AllOfUs Emergency Response Fund organized by #AllofUs Redundancy Care
#AllOfUs Redundancy Care Campaign is a ground-breaking and unprecedented in… #AllofUs Redundancy Care needs your support for #AllOfUs Emergency Response Fund
The Fight for Fertility Equality
A movement has formed around the idea that one’s ability to build a family should not be determined by wealth, sexuality, gender or biology.
Toads Eat Beetles. Sometimes, Beetles Make Them Regret Their Meal Choice.
When toads swallow bombardier beetles, the beetles produce a poison that prompts some of the toads to vomit them up still alive, researchers found.
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and the beetles causing small explosions in toads
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After Being Swallowed Alive, Water Beetle Stages ‘Backdoor’ Escape from Frog’s Gut
Life’s journey sometimes takes you to unexpected places
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if you enjoyed this morning's #mathsoflife and you want to know more about the different ways out of a frog, here are some links
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Detangling The Knots | Hampshire Cultural Trust
What does dementia look like? What does it feel like?
'Mrs America', and where feminism failed - UnHerd
Almost 50 years after the era of Schlafly and Steinem, who has been the winner?
In a Representative Sample Grit Has a Negligible Effect on Educational and Economic Success Compared to Intelligence - Chen Zissman, Yoav Ganzach, 2020
We compare the relative contribution of grit and intelligence to educational and job-market success in a representative sample of the American population. We fi...
Big trouble in a nanoparticles lab
After an anonymous tip about some papers by the Şen Research Group with possible duplicated graphs, I started digging around a bit more. And I found a couple more papers with duplications. And more…
The Harvard Professor and the Paternity Trap
A law professor who teaches a class on judgment wouldn’t seem like an obvious mark, would he?
Trait mindfulness and health behaviours: a meta-analysis
(2020). Trait mindfulness and health behaviours: a meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 345-393.
Embracing the Compromises of Political Giants
John Hume helped bring peace to Northern Ireland. But the true legacy of his life lies in his understanding of complexity.
England’s contact tracers 'making handful of calls' a month
Agents report ringing numbers that don’t exist and occupying time with barbecues and quizzes
Welcome To Portland, Where [Indistinct But Horrific Coughs And Screams]
What's really going on in Portland? Have we reached a point where it's basically impossible to find credible, contextualized accounts of complicated situations like this one? Will the Wall of Moms be undone by jackbooted government thugs and/or its...
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