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Twitter to release all tweets to scientists

Twitter to release all tweets to scientists

Five hundred million tweets are broadcast worldwide every day on Twitter. With so many details about personal lives, the social media site is a data trove for scientists looking to find patterns in human behaviors, tease out risk factors for health conditions and track the spread of infectious diseases.

The sexiest job of the 21st century

The sexiest job of the 21st century

The sudden appearance of data scientists on the business scene reflects the fact that companies are now wrestling with information that comes in varieties and volumes never encountered before.

Eight (no, nine!) problems with big data

Eight (no, nine!) problems with big data

There is no doubt that big data is a valuable tool that has already had a critical impact in certain areas. But because of its popularity, we need to be levelheaded about what big data can and can’t do.

The parable of Google flu: traps in big data analysis

The parable of Google flu: traps in big data analysis

In February 2013, Google Flu Trends (GFT) made headlines but not for a reason that Google executives or the creators of the flu tracking system would have hoped.