Vaccines work… and do not cause autism
https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003143 #science #vaccines #vaccinessavelives @PLOSBiology

Language Differences Control Your Brain’s Sentence-Prediction Habits
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-your-languages-grammar-change-how-you-think/?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=141a2e662c-nature-briefing-daily-20250501&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-141a2e662c-49736388 #science #language #brains #howdoesthisworkformultilinguals

Meet The Death Metal Singers Changing Vocal Health Research https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/death-metal-singers-vocal-research/ #science #vocals #metal #music #deathmetal #blackmetal

Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00968-6

Would like to see trials/research on free publications in exchange for peer review. APC's are too expensive for most southern hemisphere countries...

#science #peerreview #paidpeerreview

@douglaspynn not understanding the ‘it did what it needed to do’ 😅

Turning a scientific lens on the wonderful world of fungi https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03828-x #science #fungi #literature #outreach

Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04014-9 #covid19 #Hydroxychloroquine #science #retractions

New paper! With genus-level phylogenetics we (Meilinda Sulastri, Andre Rodigues, Ester Gaya) merged the puffball family Lycoperdaceae with Agaricaceae and revive/assign new sections to the family!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-024-02011-w #science #fungi #taxonomy #agaricaceae #mushrooms #puffballs

The early days of peer review: five insights from historical reports https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03287-4 #science #peerreview #history

Celebrating the coffee break: https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/celebrating-the-coffee-break/4018987.article?utm_campaign=cw_shared&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter #science #coffee #informalmeetings #breaks #mentalhealth

Far-right governments seek to cut billions of euros from research in Europe https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03506-y #science #budgetcuts #farright #failingeducation

Can people be ‘inoculated’ against misinformation? | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/can-people-be-inoculated-against-misinformation?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=07098e7a72-nature-briefing-daily-20241104&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-07098e7a72-49736388 #science #misinformation #psychology #fakenews

Suspicious phrases in peer reviews point to referees gaming the system

https://www.science.org/content/article/suspicious-phrases-peer-reviews-point-referees-gaming-system?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=c0b1c670b1-nature-briefing-daily-20240912&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-c0b1c670b1-49736388

#science #PeerReview #ai #fake

Western scientists more likely to get rejected papers published — and do it faster

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02142-w

#science #publishing #peerreview #peerreviewbias

PlayStation is good for you: video games improved mental health during COVID

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02643-8

#Science #gaming #playstation #covid19

Brazil represent! At the #imc12 in Maastricht, NL. #fungi #science #Brasil

@mycotropic should be up now, tried to reduce it to fit the character limit

@mycotropic let me see if I can sort that!

Come and find me to chat about the problematic taxonomy of Leucocoprineae and their relationship with ants! #imc12 #science #fungi #taxonomy #leucoagaricus #leucocoprinus #fungusgrowingants

Some important times and dates during #imc12 for the future of fungal taxonomy! #science #fungi #taxonomy #fungaltaxonomy #futureproofing