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(This is a speedrun post, where I set a one hour timer to see what I can find out about a subject. See the category tag for more examples.) I’m currently reading Catarina Dutilh Novaes’…

The explosion of digital information offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the dynamics that shape human understanding, investigation and certainty. Our researchers are developing new Big Data, machine learning and crowd-sourcing approaches and tec

Most academics love books. Hell, it’s why a lot of us think it’s a good idea to go to grad school in the first place. Some, like me, end up editing or writing books, and even — also lik…

An introduction to the analytical process of coding qualitative data. Learn how to take data from qualitative methods and interpret, organize, and structure your observations and interpretations into meaningful theories.

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Journal that reviews papers from preprint server aims to return publishing to the hands of academics.

This is a post I’ve been intending to write for several months, but now seems to be quite a good moment, since the issue is in the air somewhat. For example, I’ve just read a post by Mi…

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See discussion on /r/slatestarcodex (a) (25 comments), Hacker News (a) (17 comments), Twitter (1 (a), 2 (a)) (>300 retweets), Marginal Revolution (a) (39 comments) Summary: academia has a lot of problems and it could work much better. However, these problems are not as catastrophic as an outside perspective would suggest. My (contrarian, I guess) intuition is that scientific progress in biology is not slowing down. Specific parts of academia that seem to be problematic: rigid, punishing for …

Reddit for Anki in medical school.

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Basic science, starting with fieldwork and looking at what nature has invented, is important if we are to discover things that we could not imagine. This type of science deserves more funding. Without it, the world would not be meeting the #BORGs— Jill Banfield (@BanfieldJill) July 12, 2021

With more countries competing for talent, Congress must create a system that attracts highly skilled immigrants.

A look back at the first year of EleutherAI.

It’s hard for researchers to keep up with the ever-increasing number of papers getting published every day. Is there some way we can make…

We intend to improve incentives in science by developing smart research contracts. protocol labs

The Oxford Handbook Series brings together the world's leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and ma...

Data are reported for the monthly number of uploads to and downloads from bioRxiv, and for the number of preprints that are later published in peer-reviewed journals.

MIT recognizes that the value in published scholarship originates in the labor of authors, peer reviewers, and editors, and the institutions that support them.  The benefits to society are greatest when this scholarship is freely and immediately available to the entire world to access, read, and use; without restriction and for any lawful purpose. As […]