Science

"How GPT-5.6 Sol helps run quantum computing experiments"

What’s left for students when AI creeps into their lab? Continue reading ›
Sep 9, 2026 1 min read Link post, Machine learning and AI, 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