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Silvia Paracchini

@silparacchini.bsky.social
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Prof of Neurogenetics & Genomics @St Andrews and Bonn; interested in cognition, neurodevelopment, dyslexia and handedness. Co-Chair of the @sldnetwork.bsky.social. Made in Italy. neurogenetics.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Nature @nature.com · 29/09/2026
Nature research paper: Lifespan single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human prefrontal cortex go.nature.com/4cZeZ8P
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Lifespan single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the human prefrontal cortex - Nature
The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex exhibits non-linear, cell-type-specific transcriptional trajectories characterized by dynamic remodelling during development, relative stability in midlife and selective molecular reactivation in late adulthood.
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Sonja Vernes @sonjavernes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🦇 Bat1K's biggest paper yet is out. Largest bat genome + fossil study ever: 103 genomes, 44 fossils, 137 researchers. We rewrote the bat family tree! Bats likely originated in Europe ~65 million years ago, not Asia, Africa or Americas. @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3
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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New groundbreaking research by St Andrews and Bat1K Genome Project has created the largest combined bat genome and fossil study ever undertaken finding that bats originated in Europe 65 million years ago 🦇🎉🌴 Read more...👇 ow.ly/4fV050ZQEHC #EverToExcel
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always an exciting announcement. And WOW! The judges get to read 163 booking in 6 months www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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I read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker prize
I found being a Booker judge hugely rewarding. All the works on our shortlist will change how you see the world
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And 5% is a lot of people - it's 1 or 2 kids in every single primary school classroom in the country. All needing formal diagnosis. You can then add in autism, developmental delay etc. This is why schools need dedicated SEND specialists, and the country needs better specialist education provision.
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Mike Inouye @mikeinouye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We are recruiting for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biomedical AI to open up new frontiers at the interface of genetics, biochemistry and the use of population-scale data to guide development of therapeutics! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... Come do some blue sky research w/ me & @cfoguet.bsky.social 😁
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
macklemore calling kraft's bluff is so good
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Malcolm White @mfwhite2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our paper on type II Panoptes is now published at PLOS Biology with new data on phage escapers - quite a step up in microbiology for our lab, led by Sabine Gruschow. Thanks to @erc.europa.eu for funding dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Brain postdoctoral fellowships (clinical and non-clinical) - open now for applications guarantorsofbrain.org/grants/post-...
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Post Doctoral & Brain Entry Fellowships | Brain: The Charity
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Really enjoyed this event organised by our local bookstore Topping and to learn about the personal history of the author behind the book.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"This truth has been documented and is known from the very first day thanks to Palestinian journalists. More than 200 of them were killed by Israel in Gaza. Their voices were silenced and denied. We believe that the denial of a crime is what helps it persist" www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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Gaza genocide documentary ‘NAZA’ wins Special Jury Prize at Venice
‘NAZA’, a documentary about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, has won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Great to see our RSE Curious event exploring the impact of dyslexia on mental health covered in The Herald www.heraldscotland.com/news/2652363...
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Research highlights impact of dyslexia on mental health
A new analysis by a Scottish university has laid bare how common mental health challenges are for people with dyslexia
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
👇 The deadline for applications is 22nd October 👇
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The world has gone mad! Folks getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said "I oppose genocide" 🇬🇧 That is fucked up! The majority of those arrested have been pension aged women, often with disabilities. Do these folks look like terrorists? Shame on you England. #Free 🇵🇸
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨PhD opportunity for health professionals: We are offering a PhD project investigating the impact multimorbidity impact of neurodevelopmental conditions along the life course 🙏Please share 🙏 www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Many thanks to all who came along in Edinburgh and attended live. We are grateful for so many insightful questions and the lively discussion. The impact of SpLDs on mental health deserves more attention. Cath-up with the recording here www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCs7...
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Dyslexia as a mental health story | Curious festival 2026
YouTube video by The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Many thanks to all who came along in Edinburgh and attended live. We are grateful for so many insightful questions and the lively discussion. The impact of SpLDs on mental health deserves more attention. Cath-up with the recording here www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCs7...
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Dyslexia as a mental health story | Curious festival 2026
YouTube video by The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Help spread the word about the fully funded 4-yr PhD places available at the Max Planck School of Cognition. Pursue a passion for research & advance the understanding of cognition, mentored by a network of world renowned scientists. @maxplanck.de @mps-cognition.bsky.social More info & how to apply:
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Application
Application; application procedure; FAQs; handbook
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PLOS Medicine @plosmedicine.org · 04/09/2026
An important message from our sister journal @plosbiology.org on basic research into women's health!⬇️ This resonates with our earlier Editorial outlining why further investment, advocacy & clinical research into #endometriosis & women's health is still needed🧪 #womenshealth #MedSky plos.io/4669HEK
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From pain to policy: Improving endometriosis awareness, diagnosis, and treatment
In recognition of Endometriosis Awareness Month, this Editorial by Alexandra Tosun discusses why raising awareness and education of endometriosis, as well as increasing funding and research for this s...
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Gemma Murray @gemmamurray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m hiring two postdocs to join my group at UCL, both funded for 3 years, to investigate how commensal bacteria contribute to the evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance in pathogens. Please share! Links below 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU266/r... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU268/r...
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Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Are you sitting comfortably…? TLDR: In which, gentle reader, we outline an idea on how language originated in fireside storytelling & make new predictions for studying the evolution of language.. 1/n 🔥🔥🔥 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Firelight and the origins of spoken language
Abstract. Language and fire are hallmarks of the human condition, but most scholars treat them as independent traits. We develop a theory for the origin of
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Nature @nature.com · 03/09/2026
Nature research paper: 3D epigenome of glial cell types in developing human cortex go.nature.com/3Vb4Ak4
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3D epigenome of glial cell types in developing human cortex - Nature
Integrative 3D epigenomic profiling of four glial cell types from the mid-gestation human cortex reveals cell-type-specific regulatory elements and chromatin interactions that illuminate the roles of non-coding variants in neuropsychiatric disease and human-specific cortical evolution.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congratulations to all the winners! The competition was fiercer than ever
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"A record of 4 807 proposals were submitted to this competition, up 22% from 3 928 last year. Only 8.8% could be funded. The increased also from researchers based outside Europe: 169 US-based researchers applied compared to 116 in the previous call."
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 03/09/2026
I hereby declare the "learn to code" era officially dead: Big declines in the number of people studying computer science in the last year or two 📉 Chart from this week’s edition of our newsletter on AI and the labour market www.ft.com/content/9183...
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨& 🧵 Our new Nature paper is out! Across 46 cohorts and up to 1.14M people per Big Five trait, we do GWAS and ask how robust, generalizable and consequential the genetic signals underlying personality really are. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jess Butler @jessbutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Last year universities paid FOUR BILLION DOLLARS to publish their research
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My Ego requires I get more listners than @dr-appie.bsky.social tune in for a very nerdy, but hopefully somewat accesible, podcast on what heritability does, and doesn't mean.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/09/2026
Congo’s Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing, with more than 3,000 deaths out of over 6,100 confirmed cases, according to the latest government data.
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Deaths in Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak top 3,000, spread of disease shows no signs of slowing
The latest government data shows Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A thoughtful response to our piece (👇) on the new Dyslexia definition by the authors of the original Delphi study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Debating the Delphi View of Dyslexia: A Response to Metsala, Morsanyi and Colleagues
Several commentators have discussed the consensus view of dyslexia that emerged from a Delphi survey reported by Carroll, Holden and colleagues. Here the authors respond to the commentaries, agreeing....
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A thoughtful response to our piece (👇) on the new Dyslexia definition by the authors of the original Delphi study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Debating the Delphi View of Dyslexia: A Response to Metsala, Morsanyi and Colleagues
Several commentators have discussed the consensus view of dyslexia that emerged from a Delphi survey reported by Carroll, Holden and colleagues. Here the authors respond to the commentaries, agreeing....
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Sabine Hunnius @sabinehunnius.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Postdoc alert! Interested in computational modelling + infant cognition? Come work with @maxhinne.bsky.social, @francescopoli.bsky.social, and me on a project using computational models to understand cognitive development in early childhood. More information: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Postdoc Position: A Model-Based Approach to Understanding Cognitive Development in Early Childhood | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc at the Donders Centre for Cognition? Check our vacancy!
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“This work establishes a scalable framework for systematic interrogation of the autism proteome, enables prioritization of druggable protein interfaces, & provides a rational foundation for precision therapeutic strategies aimed at restoring neurodevelopmental trajectories.” New in @science.org 👇🧪
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Autism mutations rewire protein interaction networks to drive neurodevelopmental pathology
Systematic mapping of protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks and determining how causal mutations rewire them in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) provide a powerful framework for uncovering disease ...
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I presume Steven Pinker et al. will be signing the inevitable petition to protect this academic’s freedom?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
'The restored stepwell is a testament to the idea that some of the most useful tools for managing water in a warming, increasingly erratic climate are millennia old and half-buried in silt.'
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India is turning to ancient water systems as modern ones run dry
Water scarcity and climate change is driving communities to restore traditional water structures built centuries ago, bringing them back into use in the 21st Century.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Could have been worse, but this can only be defined as devastating for our friends and colleagues across the bridge 💔https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5565180/dundee-university-154-job-cuts-new-plan/
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Dundee University cuts reduced but 154 roles still set to go in major shake-up
The institution has announced a further round of job cuts as it struggles through a financial crisis.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Mehdi Hasan's open letter to Louise Haigh: "Under Article I of the Genocide Convention – which the UK acceded to back in 1970 – “contracting parties” have a duty “to prevent and to punish” genocide. It’s a “binding duty” per the UN, imposed on every state party" open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...
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You Called Gaza a Genocide Last Year, Louise Haigh. So Why Not Act Now You’re in Government?
Mehdi pens an open letter to the most powerful woman in the British government on the need for action – especially sanctions – against Israel’s ongoing genocidal crimes in Gaza.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is the solution laterality researchers came up with to shield the conference screen from sunlight. It did work (to some extent)
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Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
⏳ Just two weeks left to apply for our starter grants for clinical lecturers, offering up to £40,000 over 1-2 years for research-active clinical lecturers. 🗓️ Deadline: 1 September 🔗 bit.ly/4pQwUUa
An image of a scientist looking into a microscope and text that reads: 'Kickstart your research career with up to £40,000 and tailored mentoring'.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Getting ready to travel to Brighton for the 10th North Sea Laterality Conference. Looking forward to reconnecting with many who joined us in St Andrews 👇 and making new friends northsealaterality.com
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North Sea Laterality Conference
We welcome researchers at any stage of their career to participate in sharing their work as either an oral or poster presentation. The North Sea Meeting on Laterality is a great chance to connect with colleagues from around the North Sea region—and beyond.
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Linus Hahner @najlju.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Another conference on the horizon ^^ : I'm excited to be part of the 10th North Sea Meeting on Laterality in Brighton, UK. I'm looking forward to meet my fellow bilaterians ^^ Hope everything goes the Right way and I won't be Left with more questions than answers ^^ northsealaterality.com
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North Sea Laterality 2026
We welcome researchers at any stage of their career to participate in sharing their work as either an oral or poster presentation. The North Sea Meeting on Laterality is a great chance to connect with colleagues from around the North Sea region—and beyond.
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This summer I witnessed 3 cases of stolen suitcases in a single Freccia Rossa train journey. Apparently it happens quite often, so if traveling on Italian fast trains do keep an eye on your stuff. If needed, this is the insurance policy www.trenitalia.com/en/services/...
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Lost property service
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Economist coming out in favour of selecting embryos for IQ while dismissing the many extremely good arguments against this - from “it doesn’t work” to “promoting the idea that a flawed metric is a useful indicator of human worth is not going to go well” - is disappointing, to say the least
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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode David talks to forensic anthropologist Sue Black about what happens when forensic science and forensic expertise end up on trial in the courtroom. Can a jury distinguish between good science, bad science and junk science? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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Tessa Andermann @gutamr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Microbial genomics postdoc — Andermann Lab, UNC Chapel Hill. Genome assembly & annotation, resistance genes & mobile genetic elements, and comparative/phylogenetic analyses linking genotype to phenotype, in clinical Enterobacterales. NIH R01-funded. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/323...
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Silvia Paracchini @silparacchini.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Who cares about football when Italy is winning so many medals in so many sports?
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Liina Pylkkänen @liinapy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
✨Excited to announce a new post-doctoral position in my lab, focussed on the neural capacity limits of language processing using magnetoencephalography! Apply here: wp.nyu.edu/neurolinglab...
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Postdoctoral position – NYU Neurolinguistics Lab
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Brock Kirwan @brockkirwan.com · 13/08/2026
In honor of International Left-Handers Day, we have an updated preprint on scanning left-handed participants in fMRI studies. Although they're 11% of the population, we routinely screen LH people out of fMRI studies due to concerns about functional lateralization 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Left Out: The Effect of Handedness on fMRI Activation in Memory Paradigms
About 11% of the population is left-handed, a significant minority of the potential participant pool for functional MRI (fMRI) studies. However, convention in fMRI research dictates these potential pa...
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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