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Leaving Twitter, improving science communication, understanding the dangers of avian flu, and more

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—Astronomer Mark McCaughrean of the European Space Agency, speaking to Science about his decision to start using a different social media platform after Elon Musk purchased Twitter in October (November 4)

Mary Woolley, president of Research! America, speaking with Inside Higher Ed about an Elsevier report she contributed to on the pandemic-era research environment (November 8)

Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, in a recent story in The Guardian about the ongoing bird flu epidemic (November 9)

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), speaking with Wired about his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, in advance of his retirement at the end of the year (November 8)

—New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan, speaking with The Eye about cardiothoracic surgeon Mehmet Oz. Oz, who last month lost a bid for the US Senate, has drawn fire for years ...

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