As someone who often finds himself explaining machine learning to non-experts.

Why we need more and how we can make it happen.

Resources for autodidacts.

In this piece, I will explain how the explanation of the emergence of life could also explain the mechanism of Deep Learning.

Is there a better way to fund science? Let’s test it.

Denisse Albornoz's speaking notes for the presentation given at the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion panel of OpenCon 2017.

Investigating solutions for frustrated scholars, nonprofits, independent learners, and the rest of us.

Why pursue knowledge for its own sake?

Unsurprisingly, many — if not most — scientists aren’t great at science communication.

After almost two decades, these developments give hope that scholarly articles will finally be freed from their paywalls.

A novel text-mining strategy that identifies articles producing biological data. 

We-Sci: a collaborative research network for computational and traditional biologists.

Parallels in science denialism: Soviet Union led by Stalin and US government led by Trump.

Everything one can do other than be professor.

After a post-election frenzy to save government data, open-access advocates are refocusing their energies toward a long-term strategy.

Data labs, and the scant motivations for sharing data in basic science.

I doubt that twitter has made my academic papers directly more impactful, but does that stop me tweeting about my group’s work? No way.

From an audio version of a peer-reviewed journal to 60-second crash courses, these are the best science podcasts.