From Dynamic Ecology by Morgan Tingley, associate professor in ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA It has been a long ten weeks. As SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, was spreading rampantly across the United States in late March, most colleges and universities were returning from spring break, looking forward to finishing the academic year and…
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Scientists explain their research using emoji
From American Scientist’s blog Macroscope by David Shiffman Twitter hashtag games can be a great way for scientists to communicate their research in a fun—and often funny—way. The latest hashtag game, #EmojiYourPhD, challenges scientists to explain their research with the aid of emoji, the internet pictograms stereotypically associated with a teenager’s text messages. “One of…