Josh King
@joshkking
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A bit optimistic. A bit nerdy. A bit of musing. Exploring ideas and how science can inform our way to live better tomorrows.
Atlanta, GA
Joined February 2015
It's been an eon or two, but I'm going to start trying to creep my way back here some-- this time with a bit of a new focus: https://t.co/63YCiTYOao Enjoy the ride with me if you choose!
scivic.org
Edit: This whole move thing is still leaving me pretty busy (even though it’s been long enough afterwards to not be an excuse). This is going to stick on hiatus for a bit still. For I am exc…
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More fun from today's Earth Day celebration @AuburnU! Let's see our our "Earth" drone shot turned out!
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Some great suggestions here and also some great reasonable critical responses/discussion in the comment thread. #scicomm . The stuff I miss when I've been off twitter for forever
I teach a class on how to give a great scientific talk. The core idea is that humans absorb information effortlessly if it is delivered as a compelling story. I call it the 'David Attenborough' method, in honor of the master. Attached is my style guide. #scicomm @Attenboroughs_D
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This is genuinely amazing. Neurons share information with structures that look and behave a lot like viruses, and are built using a repurposed viral gene.
theatlantic.com
The Arc gene, which is critical for animals’ ability to learn from experiences, has an incredible origin story.
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For a handy list of science and bugs....
Yes!
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Troof.
It's weird when people say philosophy is useless, and all we need is science. I'd love to see the double blind study they did to figure that one out.
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Ah yes, we need to be taxing billionaires less. After all, they earned that money fair and square through other people's hard work.
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The feeling when you get done with an all-weekend work event Sunday night but know in the back of your head you still have to come in Monday morning... (But hey south's best is done woohoo!)
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And my other favorite part of #southsbest - the spirit and sportsmanship teams! #crossfire2017 #bestrobotics
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I'm late on the roll for this, but it's #southsbest day 2! The welcome crazyness is always my favorite part! #crossfire2017 #robotics
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When you're sick but have a whole weekend of #southsbest ahead of you, sometimes it's the candyflavored cough drops and flashy pretty lights that keep you going! #STEM #robotics
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#SciComm and #climatechange folks should heed this one! It's been said many times but: Knowledge =/= acceptance, and reason is slave to passions. We human are excellent at filtering facts and conscripting to our own purpose. Progress requires framing with values, culture, etc.
The more education Republicans have, the less they tend to believe in climate change
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I love how people eat these monsters like there won’t be consequences, like they’re not clearly the guardians at the Gates Of Hell
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Ok this sounds interesting but makes no sense. They're just injecting RNA into the blood and hoping it'll get translated where it needs to? Anyone get this?
A Cancer Vaccine Was Just Injected Into Its First Patient
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Yes! This is something the @BillNye and @neiltyson type can do also to help out #SciComm - give voice to talented folks taking unique and impactful approaches to get science out there!
@SnowHydro @iamscicomm I think for the people that are organizing science events and promoting #scicomm within the community there has to be a concentrated effort to seek out those under-billed names. They’re definitely out there!
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I'm seeing a lot of #SacklerSciComm conversation about how to broach diversity largely on racial/gender lines. Wanted to also throw out there a #STEMed perspective - #SciComm diversity through diff modes of engaging/learning: hands-on, problem-based, #citSci, local issues, etc.
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Follow #SacklerSciComm right now to follow the discussion on scientists communicating with each other as important and often overlooked #scicomm.
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