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As Euan Adie and Alex Hodgson discussed in this month’s Naturejobs podcast on scientific publishing and a digital future, the amount of data being created in science is phenomenal. It is being created faster than the technology to store it. But as the volumes are increasing, are scientists getting any better at managing it? As it turns out, there are still a few kinks in the system.

An article on Research Information called Better management reduces data loss risk, highlights some of the problems that scientists might have.

“After moving all of his data home to write up, biologist Billy Hinchen returned one afternoon to find that his laptop and all his backup hard drives had been stolen.” Continue reading →