It didn’t have to be this way. #science #uspol
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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Scientist. Author. Host of PBS Serving Up Science. #HistoryRemix for stories of diverse trailblazers in science & the arts. #SharedPlanet to explore biodiversity
The History of Earth as a 24 hr clock. Humans have only just arrived.
Note: I first came across this image through UW-Madison geology. #science #history
This caught my eye from Lean In:
“Women get put on a timeline they never asked for:
Too young → ‘You wouldn’t understand.’
Too old → ‘No one wants to hear that now.’
But here’s the truth: There’s no wrong age to be powerful, compelling, or taken seriously — there’s only a wrong lens.
To anyone who’s ever felt ‘past their moment” — this is your moment.’”
#Art by Erika Sjule
Evolution doesn’t look how it’s depicted in pop culture. We often picture the famous “March of Progress” illustration where a series of apes stand in line leading to a modern human.
But evolution is not linear. It branches and branches. Divides in some places and recombines in others. #science
Image: @keesey
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health 
#uspol #health
Scientific American
Halted NIH Clinical Trials List Reveals Slashed Treatments for Cancer, COVID and Minority Health
The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants
If it were up to me, we’d have better food distribution & more public libraries.
Of all the Serving Up #Science episodes, this is my favorite.
It’s also our least popular & least viewed. But for 7 mins, I got to talk about how amazing & essential soil really is. And that’s a win! 👩🏻🌾🪴
We lost sweet Kiwi tonight. He was a most spectacular bird. I am sad.
Born in 1906, computer scientist Grace Hopper invented the first compiler for computer programming language & was among the first programmers of the Harvard Mk1 computer.
Hopper popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages & paved the way to develop COBOL (an early high-level programming language). She originated the term "bug" to describe computer glitches & became a celebrated Rear Admiral in the US Navy. #science #history
Yale News
Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992): A legacy of innovation and service
On Feb. 11, President Peter Salovey announced that he and the Yale Corporation had voted to change the name of Calhoun College, one of the universi...