DISCOVERIESYOUR GUIDE TO WHO’S SAYING
WHAT ABOUT THE HOTTEST TOPICS
Trend i ng IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW#OrganDonation
Week
The first week in September marked
organ donation week – a campaign
set up to encourage members of
the public to share their stories of
organ transplantation and their own
personal decisions regarding organ
donation.Stephanie Slater MBE
@StephESlater
I was given the gi of sight in 2016
thanks to my donor and her family!
It really has changed my life! Forever
grateful! Thanks to @LivOphth
St.Paul’s Eye Unit for the expert and
passionate care I receive too. Have
you shared your wishes??Lucy
@ResearcherLucy
Sadly every day at least three
people die whilst waiting for a
transplant. A figure which could
change if more of us registered.
Even with the law change, it is
important that your family know
your wishes.#Dorian
Hurricane Dorian wreaked
devastation across the Bahamas
with winds reaching almost
300km/h before lashing the coast
of North and South Carolina.Josh Morgerman
@iCyclone
I mean it when I say #Hurricane
#DORIAN is worst cyclone disaster
I’ve personally witnessed since
Super Typhoon HAIYAN. Scale of
destruction is jaw-dropping – you
can’t get your head around it – and
task ahead is Herculean. They need
HELP. Consider pitching in.Bill McKibben
@billmckibben
Since records began in 1851,
#Dorian is the slowest moving
major hurricane (something that
scientists have linked to a warming
climate). This is what happens when
a storm just sits like a blender over
the Bahamas.KEEP IN TOUCH@SCIENCEFOCUS#EuniceFoote
This year is the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Eunice Foote, a li le-
known pioneer of climate research
and first person to make the
connection between carbon dioxide
levels and climate change.Request a Woman Scientist
@RequestWSTEMM
You’ve heard of #RosalindFranklin
but how about #LiseMeitner
#EuniceFoote #ChienShiungWu?
The Matilda E ect: the refusal
to acknowledge scientific
discoveries made by women
researchers. Read on, then share a
#ScientificDiscovery you’ve made.Joseph DeMarco
@JosephJDeMarco
In 1856, Eunice Foote – a scientist
and activist – was the first
woman to connect carbon dioxide
and climate change. This was 3
years before Tyndall, the man
that is widely credited as the
first to discover this connection.#LochNessMonster
A er months of analysing DNA
extracted from water samples
taken from Loch Ness, researchers
from New Zealand have ruled out
the possibility of Nessie being a
catfish, sturgeon, Greenland shark,
or plesiosaur. The only plausible
remaining candidate is a giant eel.A/Prof Samantha Pugh
@SamLP
I love the #LochNessMonster story.
All science has proved is that we
can’t find it, which is not the same
as proving it doesn’t exist!Lisa Farrell
@ResearchLisa
Duh, it’s a mythical creature and
therefore transcends DNA. Leave
Nessy alone and let us believe.
#lochnessmonsterOver the centuries, humans have bred
dogs for di erent tasks, like hunting,
herding or companionship. This has
led to huge variation in our pooches’
physical characteristics. But new
research suggests that our meddling
has shaped their brains as well.
A US-based team used an MRIscanner to study 62 dogs from 33
breeds, and found that brain
anatomy varied considerably, and
seemed to correlate with the tasks
that the dogs had been bred to carry
out. However, the variations don’t
seem to be linked to the size of the
animal’s brain, or its skull shape.SCIENTISTS PAWS-ITIVE WE’VE ALTERED DOGS’ BRAINSDISCOVERIESYOUR GUIDE TO WHO’S SAYING
WHAT ABOUT THE HOTTEST TOPICSTrend i ng IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
#OrganDonation
Week
The first week in September marked
organ donation week – a campaign
set up to encourage members of
the public to share their stories of
organ transplantation and their own
personal decisions regarding organ
donation.Stephanie Slater MBE
@StephESlater
I was given the gi of sight in 2016
thanks to my donor and her family!
It really has changed my life! Forever
grateful! Thanks to @LivOphth
St.Paul’s Eye Unit for the expert and
passionate care I receive too. Have
you shared your wishes??Lucy
@ResearcherLucy
Sadly every day at least three
people die whilst waiting for a
transplant. A figure which could
change if more of us registered.
Even with the law change, it is
important that your family know
your wishes.#Dorian
Hurricane Dorian wreaked
devastation across the Bahamas
with winds reaching almost
300km/h before lashing the coast
of North and South Carolina.Josh Morgerman
@iCyclone
I mean it when I say #Hurricane
#DORIAN is worst cyclone disaster
I’ve personally witnessed since
Super Typhoon HAIYAN. Scale of
destruction is jaw-dropping – you
can’t get your head around it – and
task ahead is Herculean. They need
HELP. Consider pitching in.Bill McKibben
@billmckibben
Since records began in 1851,
#Dorian is the slowest moving
major hurricane (something that
scientists have linked to a warming
climate). This is what happens when
a storm just sits like a blender over
the Bahamas.KEEP IN TOUCH@SCIENCEFOCUS#EuniceFoote
This year is the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Eunice Foote, a li le-
known pioneer of climate research
and first person to make the
connection between carbon dioxide
levels and climate change.Request a Woman Scientist
@RequestWSTEMM
You’ve heard of #RosalindFranklin
but how about #LiseMeitner
#EuniceFoote #ChienShiungWu?
The Matilda E ect: the refusal
to acknowledge scientific
discoveries made by women
researchers. Read on, then share a
#ScientificDiscovery you’ve made.Joseph DeMarco
@JosephJDeMarco
In 1856, Eunice Foote – a scientist
and activist – was the first
woman to connect carbon dioxide
and climate change. This was 3
years before Tyndall, the man
that is widely credited as the
first to discover this connection.#LochNessMonster
A er months of analysing DNA
extracted from water samples
taken from Loch Ness, researchers
from New Zealand have ruled out
the possibility of Nessie being a
catfish, sturgeon, Greenland shark,
or plesiosaur. The only plausible
remaining candidate is a giant eel.A/Prof Samantha Pugh
@SamLP
I love the #LochNessMonster story.
All science has proved is that we
can’t find it, which is not the same
as proving it doesn’t exist!Lisa Farrell
@ResearchLisa
Duh, it’s a mythical creature and
therefore transcends DNA. Leave
Nessy alone and let us believe.
#lochnessmonsterOver the centuries, humans have bred
dogs for di erent tasks, like hunting,
herding or companionship. This has
led to huge variation in our pooches’
physical characteristics. But new
research suggests that our meddling
has shaped their brains as well.
A US-based team used an MRIscanner to study 62 dogs from 33
breeds, and found that brain
anatomy varied considerably, and
seemed to correlate with the tasks
that the dogs had been bred to carry
out. However, the variations don’t
seem to be linked to the size of the
animal’s brain, or its skull shape.SCIENTISTS PAWS-ITIVE WE’VE ALTERED DOGS’ BRAINS