Fabien Cholet explores what the origin of life on Earth, the inside of your digestive system and climate change all have in common.
Common chimpanzees are no longer considered our closest evolutionary relative as new evidence shines a light on how a different species may claim that title.
Pint of Science 2019: The Art of Science
21 Jun, 2019
if you want to know why this is necessary, read the work of @LeadingRoutes, whose ‘19 report found that over a 3 year period, only 1.2% of 19,868 PhD studentships were awarded to Black/Black mixed students.
https://twitter.com/leadingroutes/status/1173871098007609349?s=21 https://twitter.com/leadingroutes/status/1173871098007609349
UK academics: @UKRI_News have a call for proposals to improve the access of Black students to postgraduate research. Projects can be up to £400k and last for up to 4 years. Don’t just tweet platitudes.
https://re.ukri.org/news-opinions-events/news/notice-of-a-joint-research-england-and-office-for-students-funding-competition-to-reduce-inequalities-in-postgraduate-research-study/
As scientists and journalists, we were always aware of institutional racism. We thought being non-racist was enough. It was never enough and we’re sorry. Going forward, you can count on us to be actively anti-racist
2My latest #DecolonisingHealthcare @galdemzine why I’m fed up of ticking a box that doesn’t mean what everyone seems to think it does. Time to say bye 👋🏾 to dodgy race science & crappy genetic theories https://gal-dem.com/race-tick-boxes-and-bad-science-mask-the-real-reason-why-black-people-are-at-risk-from-covid-19/
We need to NOT be led by eugenics when looking at Covid-19 data. Re-highlighting this from @SoSowemimo – “It's been [spuriously] suggested that marginalised groups have a similar genetic predisposition based on their belonging to the acronym ‘BAME’” https://gal-dem.com/race-tick-boxes-and-bad-science-mask-the-real-reason-why-black-people-are-at-risk-from-covid-19/
