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Kitty Phrix
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🐱🖥️🔬science/kitten | 📌A laboratory far far away

Infinitely and Eternally Curious. :)

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Spying on the Universe. ^^
Research was my life long dream, killed little by little the more I understood how how some things in the community operated.

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I was asked to keep this confidential
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
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February 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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A YEAR OF SPACE FACTS: DAY 1/365

The photons we receive from the Sun take a little over 8 minutes to reach us from the surface of the Sun. But they are created deep in the core of the Sun, and it takes them 100,000s of years to get from the core to the surface!
June 17, 2023 at 10:46 PM
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🚭 Tobacco 21 saves lives

New research estimates Tobacco 21 policies (laws which raise the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21) could prevent up to 526,000 premature deaths and gain 13.3 million life-years in the US by 2100.

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#PublicHealth #SciComm 🧪 #Tobacco21
US Tobacco 21 Policies and Potential Mortality Reductions by State
This decision simulation model quantifies potential reductions in smoking-attributable mortality associated with Tobacco 21 policies for each of the 50 states and Washington, DC, in the US.
jamanetwork.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Kitty Phrix
"@science.org and Retraction Watch’s investigation suggests authors, journals, and institutions all benefit from the scheme, which floods the literature with poor-quality publications and casts doubt on metrics of scholarly output and impact."
Shoddy commentaries—a quick and dirty route to higher impact numbers—are on the rise
AI-generated content floods literature with poor-quality publications, casts doubt on metrics, Science and Retraction Watch investigation finds
www.science.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:39 PM