Ada McVean
@AdaMcVean
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Freelance Science Journalist 🐢 @ChemistryWorld, @SkeptInquirer, @McGillOSS 🥼 MSc from McGill 🧬 🇨🇦 she/her 🏳️🌈 #LeafsForever
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Joined March 2011
Daily reminder that turtles are not “inside” their shells. They *are* their shells.
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I know I'm just another track on a broken record, but it's absurd that as a freelance journalist, I'm still waiting for payment for an article I wrote in early September. I've waited longer previously. I've had to give up on payment. These industry practices are simply untenable.
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It’s not often that something leaves me literally speechless
First trailer for Andy Serkis’ animated adaptation of ‘ANIMAL FARM’ Starring Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner and Iman Vellani. In theaters on May 1, 2026
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... at least one scientifically documented story of ejaculation curing hiccups. Read more in my latest for the @McGillOSS:
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We’re all familiar with the sensation- an uncontrollable jerk of our diaphragm and an involuntary noise, stifled or not, that gives the condition its name. Hiccups are ubiquitous amongst mammals of
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Uh-oh, you have the hiccups. What should you do, according to science? You've got some options, both conventional and... not. There's reason to believe things like drinking water, holding your breath, or sneezing can work. There's the neurologist-designed Hiccaway. And...
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We don't really know where the name Charley horse for the muscle cramp comes from.
I like being a freelance writer because it's not even 10 am and I've already learned about the CNN Fear and Greed index, that the plural of apparatus can be apparatuses (English) or apparatus (Latin) and that Australian golden orb weaver spiders are eaten roasted in New Guinea.
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Love people replying to this with I WON’T BE BUYING YOUR STAMPS. Whose stamps will you be buying then?
Royal Mail has unveiled this year’s Christmas stamps, depicting the Nativity with Mary and the Infant Jesus.
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I like being a freelance writer because it's not even 10 am and I've already learned about the CNN Fear and Greed index, that the plural of apparatus can be apparatuses (English) or apparatus (Latin) and that Australian golden orb weaver spiders are eaten roasted in New Guinea.
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Freelance writers, what are you using to transcribe interviews? Is there a free alternative to Otter ai?
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Look, if we remove the slippery slope fallacy from the list of logical fallacies, then before you know it we’ll be removing all the other informal fallacies from the list and will soon forget the very concept of an informal fallacy altogether.
Petition to remove “slippery slope” from the list of logical fallacies
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We are very much back in "is this laundry still wet, or just cold?" season. While I can't prevent the confusion, I can at least explain it- Wetness isn’t a sense, but a mash-up of touch and temperature, and it's not something we're born with. Read more:
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Approximately half of the homes in the UK do not have a tumble dryer. My flat is lucky enough to have a 2-in-1 that washes poorly and dries worse, so we mostly hang wet clothes from a drying rack in
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NEW: Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales storms out of an interview after just 48 seconds when podcast host Tilo Jung asked him if he was "founder" or "co-founder." Wales: I'm Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. Jung: You're the founder or co-founder? Wales: I don't care. It's the
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People like sex Victoria, get over it. Rather safe sex after an operation than fucking hurting themselves and requiring more medical attention & costing the NHS more money.. It’s sex, what’s with the drama?!
The NHS is a cult. This is disgraceful. Who wrote and ratified this needs sacking.
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