In my PhD research, I look at DataRescue or Data Refuge movements, for example through the work of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) (“Environmental Data & Governance Initiative” n.d.) to understand how people respond when they fear data is at risk.

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On February 1st, thousands of people across cities in Argentina and even abroad marched to defend diversity and protest against the president’s statements made at the Wold Economic Forum . Beyond women’s & LGBTQ activist groups, unions and the opposition backed the protests. As usual, all images are available openly licensed on Flickr - and they are also part of the corresponding category on Wikimedia Commons .

In recent years, interoperability has become an important concept in the field of research data management.  Discussions about interoperability have taken place in published articles and numerous presentations [1] [2], and several interoperability standards have been developed [3], [4], [5].  The term has been applied, among other things, to data, metadata and research tools.

Eine smarte Förderpolitik für OA-Bücher soll zu mehr Open Access in den SSH führen. Wir haben gefragt: wer darf dabei nicht fehlen und wo brennt es am meisten?

Unser Kollege Philipp Kandler, der sich im mit der Vernetzungs- und Kompetenzstelle assoziierten BMBF-Projekt zum Aufbau des Datenkompetenzzentrums WiNoDa mit der Vermittlung von Open-Science-Kompetenzen für die objektzentrierte Forschung in naturwissenschaftlichen Sammlungen befasst, legte unlängst seine Masterarbeit mit einem Überblick zu „Open Access in Lateinamerika“ vor. Verschiedene Stellen wiesen bereits auf sie hin.

I’ve always believed that the process of discovery is as fascinating as the outcomes it yields. It’s not just about the eureka moments but the intricate web of questions, failures, and persistence that lead us there. I have been a fan of the concept of the Nobel Turing Challenge for a while, an idea I first read about in a paper by Hiroaki Kitano.

A truly obscure variant muscle: the tibiocalcaneus internus. Ramnani et al. (2025: fig. 5). I have a new paper out: Ramnani, A.S., Landeros, J.T., Wedel, M., Moellmer, R., Wan, S., Shofler, D.W. 2025. Supernumerary muscles in the leg and foot: A review of their types, frequency, and clinical implications. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 114(6): 9pp.

Sebastian De Haro reviews Background Independence in Classical and Quantum Gravity, by James Read

(This is a bit of a departure from my usual chemistry-focused writing.)

While reviewing an R package at work I realized I wasn’t totally sure what advice to give about examples for internal functions in a package. That is, there’s an R package. The package has some exported functions, and some internal functions that are not exported.