Via the journal Nature – “Stephan Lewandowsky and Dorothy Bishop explain how the research community should protect its members from harassment, while encouraging the openness that has become essential to science…We have identified ten red-flag areas that can help to differentiate healthy debate, problematic research practices and campaigns that masquerade as scientific inquiry (see ‘Ten… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Internet Fragmentation: An Overview
Future of the Internet Initiative White Paper. Internet Fragmentation: An Overview. William J. Drake, Vinton G. Cerf, Wolfgang Kleinwächter. January 2016 -“A thriving and open Internet provides the foundation for the fourth industrial revolution. There has been growing concern that the Internet may be in danger of splintering into a series of bordered cyberspace segments… Continue Reading
Data shows lead poisoning in children throughout America
Vox – “The city of Flint, Michigan, is in the midst of a terrible and rightly shocking lead poisoning crisis. The number of kids testing positive for elevated lead levels in their bloodstreams has doubled in the past few years, after the city switched to a new, cheaper water source. This is an extreme case,… Continue Reading
Advocacy group documents privatizing of US criminal justice system
Via In the Public Interest – “Today, private companies hold contracts that allow them to profit from all corners of America’s criminal justice system. Consequently, many people charged with crimes are exposed to the profit-seeking of companies every step of the way, from entering the system to being released. These graphics depict the possible paths of people charged with… Continue Reading
Clinic Works With Law Scholars to Argue Against Copyright in Legal Codes
Cyberlaw Clinic – Harvard Law School – [January 16, 2016], “the Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic, on behalf of a group of esteemed law scholars, filed an amicus brief (pdf) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) v. Public.Resource.org. Amici argue in the brief… Continue Reading
Paper – Intuition, deliberation, and the evolution of cooperation
Authors – Adam Beara and David G. Rand. Published online before print January 11, 2016, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517780113. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. PNAS January 11, 2016. Intuition, deliberation, and the evolution of cooperation – “Humans often cooperate with strangers, despite the costs involved. A long tradition of theoretical modeling has sought ultimate evolutionary… Continue Reading
The Big Data and standards market research report
Big Data and standards market research January 2016 – First published in the UK in 2016 by BSI Standards Limited. “While Big Data is perhaps not an entirely new concept, it is certainly a hot topic of the modern, digital era. However, it is an evolving concept, and any standards created must take into account… Continue Reading
Bloomberg – 2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record
2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record By Tom Randall & Blacki Migliozzi, January 20, 2016: “This is what global warming looks like. Record after record after record, broken. The animation below shows the Earth’s warming climate, recorded in monthly measurements from land and sea over 136 years. The bright red line on top shows… Continue Reading
JHU Survey: Most Americans Support Smart Guns
John Hopkins University news release: “Nearly 60 percent of Americans, if they buy a new handgun, are willing to purchase a smart or childproof gun – a weapon that is only operable in the hands of an authorized user – new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests. In addition to high overall… Continue Reading
World Press Freedom Index 2015: decline on all fronts
“Top of the list, as so often, are three Scandinavian countries: Finland, which has been in first place for five years in succession, followed by Norway and Denmark. At the other end of the scale, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea, in last place, were the worst performers. France is ranked 38th (up one place), the… Continue Reading
10 things to know about progress in international development
Overseas Development Institute: “Around the world, amazing progress is being made. More than 1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty since 1990 with major gains made in health and education and in other areas that contribute to human well-being. While the world still faces considerable challenges, including inequality, conflict and climate change, there are many lessons to be… Continue Reading
NASA’s Data Portal
“This site is a continually growing catalog of publicly. Available NASA Datasets, APIs, Visualizations, and More. Welcome to the Developer Resources Page! Did you know that every dataset on this site has an API? Get started by diving into the documentation, test drive examples, or browse other open data applications.” Continue Reading
