RJ Mackenzie
rjmsci.bsky.social
RJ Mackenzie
@rjmsci.bsky.social
Freelance science journalist. Neuroscience graduate. 2024 ABSW Awards Finalist. 2024 FRONTIERS Fellow. Views my own. Commission me: summerislescience@gmail.com
Final Source: Google AI
Answer: 500 million a day, or 30,000 an hour 🫠

I gave up at this point. Off to the library to find a heavy textbook.
February 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Source 4: La Roche Posay (running low on scientific authority at this point)
Answer: Almost a million a day
February 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Source 3: Texas A&M
Answer: 600,000 a day (this does seem pretty bloody low guys)
February 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Source 2: American Chemical Society press release.
Answer: 500 million a day
February 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
How many skin cells do we shed every day? A short thread reflecting on what an arse it can be to find out basic facts about the human body.

Source 1: Imperial College London press release.
Answer: 5 billion a day
February 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Enjoyed this lecture on the metabolic signatures underlying ageing and cancer, given by @efeyanlab.bsky.social here at @cicbiogune.bsky.social last friday!
December 16, 2024 at 11:34 AM