Steve Stewart-Williamsさんのイラストまとめ

Great illustration of how genetic confounding works. Kids who grow up surrounded by books tend to be better readers. For many, the obvious inference is that being surrounded by books makes kids better readers. But that ain't necessarily so... https://t.co/uXooOe4iQs

Homeopathic firefighter

Your regular friendly reminder that astrological sign has no effect whatsoever on how compatible two people are (N = 500,000) https://t.co/c0SJtCJO6Y

Syndrome syndrome https://t.co/rDMheSJ6jH

What is it like to be an octopus? 🐙 [THREAD.]

Octopus nervous systems are less centralized than ours. Two-thirds of their neurons are in their arms, which are partially autonomous.

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"Monkey" is a paraphyletic group, unless you include the apes.

"Fish" is a paraphyletic group, unless you include the tetrapods (mammals, reptiles, birds, and amphibians).

So, if we stick to monophyletic groups, humans are monkeys, which are a type of fish. #WowScienceFact