Breaking the curse on science
Better Science through Better Data writing competition winner Ayushi Sood … Read more
Announcing the Better Science through Better Data 2017 (#scidata17) writing competition
After a very successful event last year, we are again looking for five budding science writers to help with news coverage of this year’s Better Science through Better Data event. Read more
Ask not what you can do for open data; ask what open data can do for you
It has been shown that research articles receive more citations when they have their underlying data openly linked to them. With this in mind, it’s time to consider not just the ideological reasons for making research data open, but the selfish benefits of openly sharing data that all researchers can (and should) be taking advantage of. Read more
#scidata16: Work reproducibly for the sake of your career
Publishing Better Science through Beter Data writing competition Jonathan Page … Read more
Opening doors to open data at #scidata16
The Publishing Better Science through Better Data conference, or #scidata16 for short, took place at the Wellcome Collection in London at the end of October. This one-day event organised by the journal Scientific Data, Springer Nature and the Wellcome Trust explored the challenges facing early-career researchers as we enter the era of open data. Read more
What are the benefits of reproducibility in science?
On June 6, 2012, I skipped class to watch the transit of Venus. I was studying in Adelaide, Australia, where the transit lasted from early morning until mid-afternoon and we had a wonderfully sunny day to view it. If I had known a bit more about the history of the transit, I may have been more thankful for that. Read more
How is the rise of data-intensive research changing what it means to be a scientist?
There has always been an emphasis on the generation of novel data in science. Being a scientist involves progressing from observation to hypothesis to experiment to output. In the past, a combination of scarce data to look at and low throughput machinery to make more has led to limited experimental outcomes. Read more
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