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There it is: the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, four million times the mass of the Sun. From the Event Horizon Telescope, which is really a team effort of multiple radio telescopes here on Earth.
We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*. It’s the dawn of a new era of black hole physics. Credit: EHT Collaboration. #OurBlackHole #SgrABlackHole
Link: eventhorizontelescope.org/bl…
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Standard Model of physics challenged by most precise measurement of W boson particle yet - ABC News abc.net.au/news/science/2022…
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The case to #RenameJWST and do right by the LGBTQ+ community has only gotten stronger. We last talked about this space telescope controversy in Feb on Lost in Science, 3cr.org.au/lostinscience/epi…
Right, so let's talk about James Webb. It's a big and complicated story and maybe, like me, you've been mainly following it through headlines. Maybe you'd like to think about it more deeply now and consider why we should #renameJWST. For you, a thread 🧵: scientificamerican.com/artic…
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This is very good and very important news!
📢 The first large scale UK data on the safety of #CovidVaccine in #pregnancy is out today from @UKHSA !
In people giving birth between January and August, 24,759 of whom were vaccinated...
🗝️ No difference in stillbirth rate between vaccinated and unvaccinated... 1/
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‘I thought I was dying’: Pregnancy, birth and love in the time of coronavirus - The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/life/well…
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Did you know there’s still #Afghan #refugees in detention in Australia today? People who have been detained for 8 years from what is now probably the most unsafe place on earth. With a strike of the pen @AlexHawkeMP could show some great compassion and leadership and release them
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One of the latest casualties of #COVID19 in #sydneycovid was in his 20s. This is how deadly the virus is. I recall the sudden deterioration but was lucky enough to be ventilated in time so my babies and I lived. Please get #vaccinated. My heart breaks for this young man
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This is kicking around international media at the moment so I'm sure it's about to hit Australia (if it hasn't already)... So why don't we look at this a bit closer?
Thread time. 1/?
'By treating all women – for 40 years of their lives – as little more than vessels, the WHO reduces women to little more than their reproductive capabilities.' trib.al/CzlfrQo
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Identifying priority recommendations for implementation from Australian Stroke Guidelines bit.ly/3wcdTz9 @HarpsJournal
@SpeechShrubs @Astrocave @Tari_Turner @strokefdn
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how often do you SWEAR this is the week you finally fix that bug or work on that paper draft? & how often does it ACTUALLY happen?
my arXiv April Fools paper, "I'll Finish It This Week" And Other Lies, contrasts work expectations with reality 😳😳 (1/n)
arxiv.org/abs/2103.16574
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My favourite species of birds are the ones named by people who clearly hate birds. (thread)
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Please type “yes” or share this tweet if you agree a First Nations voice in the Australian Constitution is well overdue. #UluruStatementOfTheHeart #Auspol
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Our paper, "An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19", written by a cross-disciplinary team of 19 international experts, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today.
No time for the paper? Then read this thread!
pnas.org/content/118/4/e2014…
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What would you rather have zoom by the Solar System?
34%A 1-solar-mass star
66%A 1-solar-mass black hole
5,362 votes • Final results Chris Lassig retweeted
This week, hear some of the science and real-life experience of going through IVF – with a surprise result! Plus another surprise in our update on tracking coronavirus in sewage. Listen at 3cr.org.au/lostinscience/epi…
