Making Your Code Citable
If you’re a researcher writing software, this guide will show you how to make the work you share on GitHub citable.
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A Very Quick Intro to Blockchain and Open Scholarship
Everybody talks about Blockchain these days, but why should we consider this technology when thinking about Open Scholarship?
Inside the Moonshot Effort to Finally Figure out the Brain
AI is only loosely modeled on the brain. So what if you wanted to do it right? You’d need to do what has been impossible until now: map what actually happens in neurons and nerve fibers.
An Introduction to Rocker: Docker Containers for R
Increasing portability, scaling, reproducibility, and convenience of R users and developers.
Collaborative Software Development Made Easy
Save time and protect critical code with 'continuous integration' services.
A Powerful Partnership Brings Open Annotation to EPUBs
The world's first open-source, standards-based annotation capability in an EPUB viewer.
ReFigure – Connecting Scientific Insights Across the Web
An open-source browser extension for linking, curating and sharing scientific insights across publishers.
Here's How Scientists Used DNA to Launch a Computer Attack
Malware can be encoded into a gene and used to take over a computer program.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
Track How Technology Is Transforming Work
Without data on how artificial intelligence is affecting jobs, policymakers will fly blind into the next industrial revolution, warn Tom Mitchell and Erik Brynjolfsson.
The STM Association Future Labs Looks at Technology Trends
The STM Association Future Labs Committee explores the technology trends that will impact scholarly publishing by 2021.
Artificial Intelligence Can Expedite Scientific Communication and Eradicate Bias From the Publishing Process
Artificial Intelligence Can Expedite Scientific Communication and Eradicate Bias From the Publishing Process
Although automated publishing would allow researchers to share their findings faster, while also removing human bias, there are obvious ethical dilemmas related to this dehumanisation of the process.
Can Scientific Discovery Be Automated?
Progress in the sciences can only move as fast as humans can think—outsourcing to A.I. could change that.
Machine Learning: A Revolution for Research?
How is machine learning becoming increasingly intertwined with a range of research fields?
The DIY Electronics Transforming Research
Cheap, stripped-down microcontrollers are allowing users to pack huge amounts of computing power into tiny spaces.
Following the Success of the Learning Technologist, Is It Time for a Research Equivalent?
Following the Success of the Learning Technologist, Is It Time for a Research Equivalent?
With so many scholarly communications tools and technologies now available, how do academics decide which are most appropriate for their research?
Should Artificial Intelligence Be Used in Science Publishing?
Advances in automation technology mean that robots and artificial intelligence programs are capable of performing an ever-greater share of our work,
The Top 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2017
10 breakthrough technologies that will affect the economy and politics, improve medicine, or influence our culture.
DeepMind Accused of 'Inexcusable' Failings in Its Data Deal with the NHS
The study says DeepMind and the NHS shared data without patient consent. DeepMind says the published study has flaws
Earth 2050
If you are a futurist or make predictions, send them to us, and the whole world will see them.
Should AI Be Used in Science Publishing?
New technologies could make the scientific review process more objective and accurate — but some worry about the risks of letting computers determine what gets published.
AI Learns to Write Its Own Code by Stealing From Other Programs
Software called DeepCoder has solved simple programming challenges by piecing together bits of borrowed code.
What, You Can’t Tell Two Lemurs Apart? Computers Can
New software that sees spots and stripes are helping biologists track animals in the wild without the tranquilizer guns and radio collars.
Reproducible Data-Driven Discovery
Chronicle of a two-day workshop curriculum to teach reproducible research using an interactive computational environment.
AI's Open Source Model Is Closed, Inadequate, and Outdated
Without an open source model, the world outside the technology sector will continue to struggle in its adoption of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.
Uber C.E.O. to Leave Trump Advisory Council After Criticism
Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, in December 2014. He quit President Trump’s economic advisory council on Thursday.
How the Drone Went From the Latest Must Have Tech Toy to a Billion-Dollar Cultural Phenomenon
How the Drone Went From the Latest Must Have Tech Toy to a Billion-Dollar Cultural Phenomenon
Drone technology is quickly evolving from a geeky accessory to multi-billion dollar industry.
NumFOCUS. Open Code = Better Science
NumFOCUS is a nonprofit that supports and promotes world-class, innovative, open source scientific software.
Most Unicorn Founders in the World Are Graduates of Stanford, Harvard…and the IITs
Most Unicorn Founders in the World Are Graduates of Stanford, Harvard…and the IITs
IITs are even better than MIT at churning out founders of unicorns.
Lifelong Learning Is Becoming an Economic Imperative
Technological change demands stronger and more continuous connections between education and employment.
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