References are an essential element of scholarly publications.

The 32nd Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) Conference 2025 was a whirlwind of fascinating talks and innovative research! As in previous years (see previous blog posts here & here), the event spanned 5 complete days, this time the organisers reporting 2349 registered attendees from 64 countries. The top 5 represented countries were (highest number of participants first); USA, Canada, UK, Germany and China.

Die CC BY-Lizenz ermöglicht es, mit ihr versehene Werke kostenlos unbegrenzt zu nutzen, solange die Urheberin genannt wird. Auch Portraitfotos von Personen können mit einer CC BY-Lizenz versehen sein. Doch was sagt die Lizenz darüber aus, ob die abgebildete Person mit der Verbreitung „ihres“ Fotos einverstanden war?

In 2024, we remained committed to open science and open source software.We continued to build a welcoming andinclusive community, through innovation and collaboration. Here are the highlights of the year:R-Universe R-Universe, rOpenSci’s platform for finding and publishing R packages,saw major advancements in 2024,making it an increasingly useful and trusted resource for the wider R community.

Get a glimpse into the captivating world of mutualistic relationships in nature and discover how these partnerships shape ecosystems.

I remember the first time I heard the term sovereign AI . It was one of those buzzwords that feels equal parts thrilling and ominous—a promise of autonomy wrapped in the shadow of isolation. Now, it’s a concept reshaping not just how nations think about technology but how they define themselves in a world where identity increasingly lives in code. The United States just made its stance clear.

“Thank you for the invitation to review the manuscript you’ve received for possible publication in your journal. I will consider your request only if the data and code that produce the results reported are available in a publicly accessible repository.” This is my new default response to invitations to review manuscripts for academic journals.

Snapshot The entire world if I had abundant research funding: My reality, getting rejected on grant apps and falling on icy parking lots in St. Louis: Finished my postdoc I’ve just finished a two-year postdoctoral appointment at a French national laboratory, where I embedded myself as an engineer among true chemists.

Introduction Remember MCMC from our series on these algorithms? Good times. We wandered through probability space like tourists with outdated maps, occasionally stumbling upon the good parts of the posterior. Then came Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC), which, let’s be honest, felt like finally getting a GPS. We could actually explore the posterior, using gradients to guide our journey. It was efficient! It was elegant!

A coyote was recently discovered in an unexpected place – the cold food section of an Aldi store. The wild animal was found in a surprisingly good condition given its unusual choice of location. The Unusual Discovery at Aldi Rescuing a coyote from an environment like a grocery store might sound surprising, but that’s precisely what happened. Imagine heading to your local Aldi, only to come across a wild coyote amidst the frozen food aisles.

This week we had a wonderful community call, From Novice to Contributor: Making and Supporting First-Time Contributions to FOSS, where Sunny Tseng, Pascal Burkhard, and Yaoxiang Li shared with us their experiences with, and advice for, first time contributors, with the excellent moderation of Hugo Gruson.This was a perfect start to our special series of activities to support first time contributors to Open Source Software.