Science

  • Unsolicited Advice for New (and Old) College Professors

    We are in the thick of the spring semester at my university and, earlier this morning, I was pondering the students that have worked in my laboratory and are planning to graduate. I get to know them very well and it’s exciting to see this chapter in a student’s life come to a close and the next chapter open. It…

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  • Study: Why Some Men Become Crybabies When Asked to Wear a Mask

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: You’ve probably heard the term “toxic masculinity,” but you may not realize that this isn’t just an insult thrown around by SJW feminazis like myself — it’s something that is regularly studied by psychologists and sociologists who are examining…

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  • Naomi Wolf’s Brain Worms Have Reached Critical Levels

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I strongly believe that groups should police their own: Republicans should have fought back against Trump; atheists should throw rotten vegetables at Bill Maher; Canadians should have a word with Jordan Peterson; white men should…well, you guys have a lot…

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  • Bots, Misinformation, and How COVID-19 Should Prepare Us for Climate Change

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! The end is in sight for this pandemic — it’s still likely many months away, but now that we have several effective and safe vaccines, and the United States federal government is beginning to develop a plan to distribute those…

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  • New Study: Twitter Predicted COVID-19 Outbreaks

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! I often talk about the dangers of social media, particularly how easy it is for misinformation to spread on outlets like Twitter and Facebook, and how easy it is to push someone into a bigoted echo chamber and then radicalize…

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  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and the R01 Thirst Trap

    As I spend the day reflecting, I have read this newly released article from my colleagues Michael Taffe and Nicholas Gilpin at eLife about 10 times. Each time I read it, I discover something else that tickles my brain and provokes my thoughts. Do yourself a favor and go read Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Racial inequity in grant funding from…

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  • Don’t Worry About COVID-19 Vaccine Frauds

    This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Something I’ve realized about myself in the past decade or so is that I’m kind of weirdly obsessed with fairness and I always have been. I remember as a kid telling my parents that something wasn’t fair, and they gave…

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  • First Mary Sue? First SciFi?

    ... the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, The Duchess of Newcastle publishes a book that has been called the first example of science fiction and the first occurrence of the Mary Sue trope. Its full title is The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World and while I don't exactly recommend reading it, you should know about…

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