This makes me #uncomfortable - #scientists in the #uk are performing #gene #editing on #babies to remove #genetic #disorders https://www.livescience.com/1st-uk-child.. Meanwhile, the #nhs is apparently on its knees.
Pretty insane that #thousands of #scientists #publish a #paper every five days: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-0.. *That would be 73 #papers a year!* Apparently they are reaching this level of #productivity by working in large #team or managing lots of people. Still, if you did nothing but read papers, this would be quite a lot of work!
I'm unsure whether the work of #jessicawayde in #promoting #women #scientists on #wikipedia is to be #applauded or winced at: https://www.today.com/parents/jessica-wa.. The fact that they were #unknown does not mean they were #undervalued , it could just mean they were not #noteworthy .
Apparently #famous #scientists are more likely to get #published for the same #paper #submission https://www.science.org/content/article/.. Apparently there is also some #race based #bias possible too. I know in #asia for example #white people are thought of as much more #clever .
Apparently, the " #uk #covid #scientists call for #reimposition of #restrictions " - they can *fuck right off* https://www.lotuseaters.com/uk-covid-sci.. The #uk #economy is already #screwed - we already head into a #global #recession - they need to put their heads in #reality . Bare in mind I say this *knowing* it may directly result in the #death of some of my #family ... The #country is #covid #vaccinated - enough is enough.
Very interesting #discussion by #backreaction on how close #nuclear #fusion is to being a viable #energy #replacement #source http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2021/10.. Sounds like the #scientists and #science #communicators are being #wilfully #opaque in exactly *how much* #energy is being produced and fudging the numbers.