Global science research serves the needs of the Global North, and is driven by the values and interests of a small number of companies, governments and funding bodies, finds a major new international study published today. As such, the authors … Read more
It’s that time of month again — the random time when I belatedly put out reviews and choose favorites from two months ago. Here are my top picks for the month of August! These are the top 5 out of … Read more
π Health and biotech π Society Scientists studying the biology of why we age have made some incredible discoveries in the last few decades: the ageing process is not inevitable and, by understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that give rise to it they are … Read more
The statue of David Hume on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile (The audio version of this post can be found at this link). Imagine you heard a scientist saying the following: I’m being paid massive consultation fees by a pharmaceutical company who … Read more
[This is a transcript of the video embedded below. Some of the explanations may not make sense without the animations in the video.] [embedded content] I read a lot of news about science and science policies. This probably doesn’t surprise … Read more
Paul Richmond is a research software engineer in the United Kingdom.Credit: Shelley Richmond In March 2012, a group of like-minded software developers gathered at the University of Oxford, UK, for what they called the Collaborations Workshop. They had a common … Read more
Alfred Spector, Peter Norvig, Chris Wiggins, Jeannette M. Wing © 2022 A PDF of the authors’ manuscript, V.99, is available to download from the Manuscript Tab. Click the 3-bar menu for more options. This website provides the Authors’ Manuscript for … Read more
Abukhodair, F. A., Riecke, B. E., Erhan, H. I., Shaw, C. D. (2013). Does interactive animation control improve exploratory data analysis of animated trend visualization? In Visualization and Data Analysis 2013 (Vol. 8654, p. 86540I). International Society for Optics and … Read more
This blog is a direct follow up of Starship Is Still Not Understood, and is part of the series on popular misconceptions in space journalism. I think it is relatively straightforward to think of cool things to do with SpaceX … Read more
Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy, based on the belief that science is purified of politics, may be damaging democracy. It is often the mistaken belief that experts have complete, neutral knowledge and thus the subsequent exclusion of everyone else’s input … Read more