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  Who rules Earth? Wild mammals far outweighed by humans and domestic animals https://www.science.org/content/article/who-rules-earth-wild-mammals-far-outweighed-humans-and-domestic-animals Estimates of mammals' biomass in million tons: - wild land mammals 22 - marine mammals 40 - humans 390 - livestock and other hangers-on 630 - dogs weigh about as much as all wild land mammals It is 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘯, researchers say. “I hope it will be a wake-u...

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  NATURE | 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 — 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗡𝗔 "Air pollution could cause lung cancer not by mutating DNA, but by creating an inflamed environment that encourages proliferation of cells with existing cancer-driving mutations, ... associated with exposure to air pollution in the form of inhalable particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less ... [e.g.] emitted by internal combustion engines, coal-fired power stations and burning wood." https://www.n...

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  𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙐𝘼𝙍𝘿𝙄𝘼𝙉: ‘𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙮’: 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 ‘𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡’ 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙨 Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 Google and Amazon https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/too-greedy-mass-walkout-at-global-science-journal-over-unethical-fees #SciComm #science #openscience #openaccess #publishing #academia

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  @dezene I agree with the benefits of having the reviews on record. For reviewers, one can make equally strong arguments for anonymity and transparency. I'm leaning toward reviewers' judgments should be transparent and on record, which requires their identity. What's your justification for reviewer anonymity?

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  CLIMATE HISTORY: More precise dating of volcanic eruptions suggests 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 about 717 million years ago. doi: 10.1126/science.adj7226

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  @egonw@scholar.social @egonw @OverlyHonestEditor Isn't it very likely that there is a substantial bias in these stats? 1) It can be career-changing to publish in high-impact journals and 2) more emphasis on removing papers in these journals than in smaller journals?

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  2011 study showed tobacco companies knew radioactive particles in cigarettes posed cancer risk as early as 1959 but kept quiet https://www.uclahealth.org/news/big-tobacco-knew-radioactive-particles-in-cigarettes #health #cancer #lung #pulmonary #smoking

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  Interestingly, for our bodies, the calories of different foods are not equal due to differences in uptake. 𝙀𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧-𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚. Are all calories created equal? https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/13/weight-loss-calories-fiber-microbiome/

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  I'm happy to see our new #openaccess paper released. https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-023-04591-7 CONCLUSIONS: In well-recruitable ARDS models, a maximal compliance PEEP strategy improved end-expiratory/inspiratory whole-lung aeration and its homogeneity without overinflation ... reduced dynamic strain in middle-ventral regions and tidal recruitment in middle-dorsal areas ... suggesting that the strategy minimizes heterogeneity in dynamic tidal expansion. #med...

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  The shadows of culture shifts in society: 𝙁𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨: the frequency of words expressing uncertainty dropped between 1997 and 2021 by 42% while other research showed an increase the language that 'may be associated with forceful, possibly exaggerated, claims'. https://www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-glimpsing-forming-planets-hunting-hydrogen-iconic-parrots-return #publishing #science #culture #uncertainty #scicomm

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  @erinnacland @ElisabethBik @academicchatter Good to know the connection between Hindawi and Wiley.

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  I'm happy to see our new editorial is out: 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙏 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝘽𝙋. 𝘼𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙏𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙙-𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004777 #respiratory #lung #physiology #TippingPoints #ARDS #criticalcare #intensivecare #medtwitter #pibl

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  I'm looking forward to hosting an exciting research talk today: 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙒. 𝙆𝙖𝙘𝙯𝙠𝙖: 𝙈𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙇𝙪𝙣𝙜: 𝘼 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘾𝙏 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 Details and remote option at: https://anesthesia.massgeneral.org/RHH/RHH.htm