An astonishing, poignant, and powerful essay by @JohnBlakeCNN so worth the time to read. It captures so much of our history and struggle as a nation, and covers social science to boot. For me, it even resonates with some experiences in my own life.
A fine thread with links, data, & analysis re the impact of motherhood on the productivity of women scientists via @_alice_evans Having a baby may modify the objectives of women or constrain their opportunities. We can, as a society, try to equalize this biological burden.
Fantastic thread and work in computational archeology analyzing 144M botanical remains from 135 prehistoric sites in Southwest Asia during Neolithic (c. 9700 to 4500 BCE) and the adjoining periods reveals far broader plant exploitation and domestication than previously thought.
'The rote response of criminal defense lawyers to indictments is typically something like, “My client looks forward to vindicating himself in court” rather than, “My client is pleased the public is arming itself.”' Important essay via @DavidAFrench
Wonderful explanation by Justice Scalia of what really makes America exceptional politically, in his view, and it's not the "parchment guarantee" of the Bill of Rights: Americans should "learn to love the gridlock," he says, which is hard to accept.
Fantastic set of papers in @Nature: Now that @NASA has demonstrated this technique, it means that we could quickly design a mission to deflect a potentially planet-killing asteroid and that it would have a high chance of working.
