X'na NaJu @Xna_NaJu@qoto.org

Mornings.

Muy al hilo de lo que comentaba, esto de El País sobre lo que cada vez más a menudo llega a las aulas (también universitarias, y también en grados de Comunicación)

La desinformación ayuda a que la polarización nos corroa

https://elpais.com/educacion/2024-11-21/la-lucha-diaria-de-los-profesores-contra-la-desinformacion-si-les-contradices-se-reafirman-en-el-bulo.html

Healthy women have cells that resemble breast cancer

A new study finds that, in healthy women, some breast cells that otherwise appear normal may contain chromosome abnormalities typically associated with invasive breast cancer. The findings question conventional thinking on the genetic origins of breast cancer, which could influence early cancer detection methods. The study discovered that at least 3% of normal cells from breasthttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241120121609.htm

Engineering publisher pulled 57 papers in a day for peer review ‘irregularities’ https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/15/engineering-publisher-pulled-57-papers-in-a-day-for-peer-review-irregularities/ #Science #ScienceCommunications

It begins.
You think Americans were disliked in the word before? You were wrong. Now they're disliked and ridiculed. Have fun living this down for decades to come.

Buen día a todos, mastonautas, acabamos de llegar y he aquí nuestra #Presentación

Somos cuatro profesores de la Universidad de Granada que hemos decidido extender nuestras clases al espacio podcast. Hemos conseguido un proyecto de innovación docente (Universidad de Granada, proyecto 24-139), y estamos ya en marcha.

Podéis encontrar nuestro trabajo centralizado en nuestro blog https://blogs.ugr.es/proyectogustavo/ y los audios en ivoox https://www.ivoox.com/escuchar-proyecto-gustavo_nq_8608021_1.html

Ya hemos comenzado con la asignatura Física I, y otras vendrán pronto. El acceso es libre y gratuito. Sólo os pedimos que nos hagáis buena publicidad, queremos que este proyecto tenga éxito.

Por cierto, el coordinador lleva (llevo) ya algún tiempo en tierras mastodónticas. Para quien me conozca, soy @elprofedefisica

Un saludo a todos. AQ

“for women in biology, the likelihood of leaving science after ten years was 58%; for men, it was nearly 49%.”

Nearly 50% of researchers quit science within a decade, huge study reveals

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03222-7

A recent study found that the number of researchers leaving science within the first decade is nearly 50%. And women are twice as likely as men to leave the field. “When you have this kind of big data, it becomes more compelling to recognize that this is a problem,” says Joya Misra, a sociologist at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who studies gender and inequality in academia. Nature attempts to untangle it all: https://flip.it/2ZSKZC
#Science #Research #ScienceNews #Researchers #Academics #Academia

Is #MDPI a predatory publisher?

(Asking in general, but feel free to mention specific journals)
(I know you want to, but let’s not discuss other publishers there 🙏)

Here’s a Wikipedia attempt at defining predatory publishing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_publishing

#Academia #Research #AcademicChatter
@academicchatter

The strain on scientific publishing 📄:

The publishing sector has a problem. Scientists are overwhelmed, editors are overworked, special issue invitations are constant, research paper mills, article retractions, journal delistings… JUST WHAT IS GOING ON!?

Myself, @pablo, @Paolo, and @Dan have spent the last few months investigating just that.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15884

A thread🧵1/n

#AcademicChatter #PublishOrPerish #Elsevier #Springer #MDPI #Wiley #Frontiers #PhDAdvice #PhDChat #SciComm

Today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. They were my favorite when I was a kid. Which ice cream treat is your favorite?
#Poll #Polls #Food #IceCream

I may need bigger dogs

Who’s ready for the weekend?

#Weekend #Funny #Fun #LOL #Humor #Humour #Dog #Dogs

I hope nothing puts a wrench in his plans.

#Funny #Fun #Humor #LOL #Humour