When governance moves slower than system behavior, even well‑intentioned designs become dangerous

If you ever wondered what the academic equivalent of “the common child’s nightmare of going to school while in your pyjamas” is, chances are most researchers under 40 years old will respond the same: This is a particular moment many of us recognise instantly, because when a question that you cannot answer arises during an important meeting, your mind automatically switches to panic mode.

Whether this is your first conference talk or your fiftieth, we’re looking for speakers from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels

Why learner support is the heart of an effective program If you are designing an online or blended program for busy professionals, the single most powerful lever you control is how you support learners.

I saw a fun video on YouTube recently in which some runners attempted to do two parkruns in one day. I don’t mean run the same parkrun course twice, I mean they ran one parkrun at one course and then drove to a different course and ran that one too.

Well, 2025 was a wild ride.

With the production process rapidly evolving, science policy must consider how institutions could evolve

This month, two MMWR reports highlighted three human rabies deaths in the United States.

En el marco del llamado abierto al Programa de Campeon(a|e)s de rOpenSci 2026 —cuarta cohorte global y segunda cohorte en español— realizamos una nueva edición de Conversaciones con la comunidad.En esta oportunidad, Yanina Bellini Saibene moderó un encuentro con Erik Navarro, Diana García y Luis Verde Arregoitia, quienes compartieron sus experiencias como campeon(a|e)s y mentor(a|e)s del programa, los aprendizajes obtenidos y las oportunidades

This morning, Kathleen Fitzpatrick drew my attention to a Mastodon post by Babette Knauer about plans for the University of Groningen to get away from Big Tech. The article itself is well worth a read, with ambitious approaches to digital independence. I had some not-very-original thoughts on it.

If you read Paired Ends because you care about how biology, technology, and society co-evolve, this story was written for you.