Science

A big-data view on sleep and travel - new paper

We have a new paper out, Sleep during travel balances individual sleep needs.    Continue reading ›
Feb 24, 2022 2 min read Paper, Science
A big-data view on sleep and travel - new paper

"NERCCS 2022: Fifth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems"

Check out an exciting complex systems conference.    Continue reading ›
Jan 19, 2022 1 min read Link post, Science, Communication

"Redo of a Famous Experiment on the Origins of Life Reveals Critical Detail Missed for Decades"

Nuance builds on the famous Miller-Urey experiment.    Continue reading ›
Dec 29, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Science history

"E.O. Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92"

Passing of a scientific titan.    Continue reading ›
Dec 27, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science

"‘Tortured phrases’ give away fabricated research papers"

When you give the AI a thesaurus, watch out.    Continue reading ›
Aug 6, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Writing

"Old-school computing: when your lab PC is ancient"

Hardware always comes with costs - money or time.    Continue reading ›
Jun 2, 2021 2 min read Link post, Science, Open source

"Reactive, reproducible, collaborative: computational notebooks evolve"

Some interesting developments in the continuum between writing and computing    Continue reading ›
May 18, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Python, Coding

"PowerPC? Rad!"

You’re gettin' an iMac G3, dude. In space!    Continue reading ›
Apr 2, 2021 2 min read Link post, Science, Space

"Pandemic Has Created a Generation of Schoolchildren More Interested in STEM Careers Than Ever, Poll Says"

Improved interest in STEM could be a silver lining of COVID-19.    Continue reading ›
Mar 9, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Jobs

"Hearing about the Big Bang for the First Time"

When the thrill is gone, teach.    Continue reading ›
Mar 8, 2021 2 min read Link post, Science, Teaching

Clutching our crystals

It’s all fun and games until someone believes in witchcraft.    Continue reading ›
Mar 1, 2021 2 min read Science, Machine learning and AI

"The day we let Covid-19 spin out of control"

January 24, 2021 is a momentous, unnoticed one-year anniversary in the history of COVID-19.    Continue reading ›
Jan 23, 2021 1 min read Link post, COVID-19, Science

Announcing the OCEAN research awards program — Help us spread the word!

New funding call from our Open-Source Ecosystems and Networks (OCEAN) project    Continue reading ›
Jan 20, 2021 2 min read Science, Academia, Funding, Open source

"Data pathology"

Data scientists, not just janitors.    Continue reading ›
Jan 15, 2021 1 min read Link post, Science, Work of science

Efficient crowdsourcing with Cost Forecasting - new paper

We have a new paper out, Efficient crowdsourcing of crowd-generated microtasks.    Continue reading ›
Dec 22, 2020 5 min read Paper, Science

Let's let the AIs summarize our research. What could possibly go wrong?

‘Search engine’s tool for summarizing studies promises easier skim-reading.’ To what end?    Continue reading ›
Nov 25, 2020 4 min read Science, Machine learning and AI

"US faculty job market tanks"

Doom and gloom for US science?    Continue reading ›
Oct 19, 2020 1 min read Link post, Science, Academia, Jobs

Creativity in temporal social networks - new paper

My collaborators and I have a new paper out today, Creativity in temporal social networks: how divergent thinking is impacted by one’s choice of peers.    Continue reading ›
Oct 14, 2020 2 min read Paper, Creative thinking, Science

"Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out"

Allow me to toot my own horn for a second. Just published online is a little piece in The Conversation that Lewis Mitchell and I wrote about a 2019 paper of ours:    Continue reading ›
Oct 13, 2020 1 min read Link post, Science, Paper

"Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other"

Why Mathematicians Should Stop Naming Things After Each Other Interesting piece in Nautilus about mathematics and the lack of accessibility that comes from using mathematician’s names to describe their results:    Continue reading ›
Sep 15, 2020 2 min read Link post, Science, Science history, Communication