Mastodon’s growth in the last month has been extraordinarily fast – but just how fast? Did the number of users jump up…
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Science Communication Mastodon Growth Numbers Might Not Mean What You Think They MeanRead more
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Science Communication Reflecting on Twitter, White Flight, & “Quote Tweet” Tensions at MastodonRead more
Why can’t we “quote boost” at Mastodon, the way we can “quote tweet” at Twitter? That might sound like an innocuous question…
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Science Communication Mapping the Mastodon Migration: Is It a One-Way Trip or an Each-Way Bet for Science Twitter?Read more
Like many people, I opened a Mastodon account on the weekend the Musk era began on Twitter. This post picks up from…
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Covid-19 So What Was the Impact of Those Covid Vax Safety Pauses?Read more
When several European countries paused use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in March 2021, the criticism from many commentators was swift, extreme…
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Evidence What’s Happening When Living Systematic Reviews…Stop?Read more
I’m not sure when the name “living systematic review” was coined, but it was fleshed out in an article in 2014 by Julian Elliott…
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Covid-19 Intranasal & Co: A Very Big Month for Mucosal Covid VaccinesRead more
Authorization for another 2 new vaccines, a potentially critical international licensing deal, and a new phase 3 trial: This month saw a…
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Science Communication Experiments on Naming Authors in Peer Review – Now With a New Kid on the BlockRead more
It’s been 6 years since the last results arrived from a randomized trial of revealing or concealing authors’ names for journal peer…
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Covid-19 Just How Many Covid Vaccines Are There? And Other Interesting NumbersRead more
It’s just over 2 and a half years since the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 was released, kicking off the Covid vaccine race…
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Science Communication Bad and Good(-ish) News on the Abstract Spin CycleRead more
Abstracts are central to the science communication process. The words in them can lead searchers to find a paper. Because they’re the…
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Covid-19 And Then There Were 33…The Latest 11 Covid Vaccines to Reach the Phase 3 Results MilestoneRead more
There’s been a big leap in the number of Covid vaccines known to have phase 3 results since my last catch-up post…
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Covid-19 Next Generation Covid Vaccine Update: Intranasal & Other Mucosal VaxesRead more
Mucosal vaccines are aimed at the mucosal membranes—the wet linings starting inside our noses and mouths. They can be sprays, drops, or…
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Covid-19 Front-Runners in the Race for Variant-Proof and All-Coronavirus VaccinesRead more
SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid – is the third from its virus family to cause devastating pandemics or outbreaks in…