#Overly Honest Methods

So there’s this thing on Twitter (it’s been going on for a while now). So, is this the best science hashtag or what?

Mihai Andrei

December 2, 2013 @ 12:05 pm

So there’s this thing on Twitter (it’s been going on for a while now). So, is this the best science hashtag or what?

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