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Ilze du Toit
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NOT NEWS: Stanford epidemiologist who wrote 324 papers from 2020-2022 expresses grave concern about the proliferation of "extremely productive authors" who wrote a mere 180 or more papers during the same period, suspects fraud is at play, blames global South. NEWS: Nature sees fit to cover it.

Surge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientists
Surge in number of ‘extremely productive’ authors concerns scientists

Some researchers publish a new paper every five days, on average. Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour. Some researchers publish a new paper every five d...

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MVmarcveld.bsky.social

How white supremacy became a global health problem Racism is a systemic issue — one that we have the knowledge and tools to solve. But is there a will? www.nature.com/artic...

How white supremacy became a global health problem
How white supremacy became a global health problem

Nature - Racism is a systemic issue — one that we have the knowledge and tools to solve. But is there a will?

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IDilzedutoit.bsky.social

Old news perhaps to some, but my husband told me last night about the genetically modified silkworms spinning spider webs, which is substantially stronger than the silk the silkworms produce. Fascinating. www.cell.com/matter/abstr...

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👀🌶️ 👀🌶️👀🌶️👀

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IDilzedutoit.bsky.social

I am very sad to hear about @adelegroyer.bsky.social's passing. Louis Rossouw is not on Blue Sky I think, but he posted this message on her account on X this morning. Adele, you will be sorely missed.

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UNRWA employees have been accused of participating in the October 7th attacks. This is a very serious allegation. But cutting off funding to the org is not helpful and will exacerbate a humanitarian crisis. 🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/gaza-unrwa-hamas-israel.html

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IDilzedutoit.bsky.social

Ok... So I had issues with not being able to scroll through my posts on here when I click on my profile. Deleting my info in my bio about my interests seems to have "fixed" the issue. I can't scroll any profile with a long info section to see their posts.

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Ilze du Toit
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