cowsay is a command line program written in Perl. The original version had a final release in 2016 (that’s the version of many installed cowsay programs) and there’s a number of forks of that release in Perl. There are also many many versions of cowsay in other programming languages, like the one I maintain written in R, unimaginatively called cowsay. I wrote about cowsay here back in 2014.

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2024 U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (AAW) is observed each year from November 18-24. The purpose of AAW is to raise awareness of the importance of appropriate antibiotic and antifungal use and the threat antimicrobial resistance poses to people, animals, plants and in our environment. See the CDC for more at here.

Every day a child is born with an inherited metabolic disorder, and many do not grow old. MetaKids is a Dutch foundation that collects money and raises awareness and the charity selected this year for the NPO (Dutch national radio/tv) 3FM Serious Request. This has become a Dutch tradition. Serious Request will play music on the radio, when people contributed to the fundraiser, and the more money, the more often the music gets played.

Introducing Underworld3: Mathematically Self-Describing Modelling in Python for Desktop, HPC and Cloud.

Tests are great, provided they actually test something. But are your tests too optimistic (assuming the code already works), or too persnickety (testing the irrelevant)?

“`html Introduction The discovery of a second nest of Asian hornets, also known as the ‘Murder Hornet’, in Europe has ignited an intense search and research operation. These formidable insects are not only a threat to local bee populations but also pose significant challenges to the environment and agriculture.

If you are into openscience chemistry or chemistry blogging, then you probably heard of Rich Apodaca’s Depth-First blog. Rich started blogging in 2006 but this is not how I discovered his work originally. I know that we at least already had contact in 2005, because that is when he wrote about an integration between his Octet library and the Chemistry Development Kit in the CDK News (volume 2, issue 2), CDKTools: The CDK-Octet Bridge.

Discover the Stealthy Predator of Ohio’s Riverbanks Ohio’s riverbanks are home to a cunning and elusive predator, often likened to the strategies of a Roman gladiator in the way it hunts and thrives in its habitat. This remarkable creature, though not widely known, plays a significant role in the ecosystem of Ohio’s waterways.

Background The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) provides a set of guidelines for operating open infrastructure in service to the scholarly community. It sets out 16 points to ensure that the infrastructure on which the scholarly and research communities rely is openly governed, sustainable, and replicable.

PKP is pleased to partner with 19 other key partners of the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access hosted by the University of Cape Town, South Africa, December 8 – 14, 2024.

Am 20. November 2024 fand die zweite Veranstaltung der Reihe „Quo Vadis Open Science in Berlin und Brandenburg 2024/25“ mit dem Titel „Objektbezogenes Open Access – Open Access für Objekte“ statt. Unter der Moderation von Sophie Kobialka vom Datenkompetenzzentrum WiNoDa waren die Herausforderungen und blinden Flecken im Zusammenhang mit Open Access (OA) für Objekte und andere nicht-textuelle Inhalte Thema.