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- Why data science is simply the new astrology http://www.livemint.com/sundayapp/zdsjhu5izcui7ypo6w4wtl/why-data-science-is-simply-the-new-astrology.html 12 comments india
- New Covaxin Study Makes Absence of Phase 3 Data More Conspicuous - The Wire Science https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/new-covaxin-study-makes-absence-of-phase-3-data-more-conspicuous/ 3 comments india
- A new framework to do data science on the JVM http://www.zavtech.com/morpheus/ 11 comments programming
- Nate Silver’s New Science Writer Ignores The Data On Climate Science http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/19/3415984/nate-silver-science-writer-ignores-data/ 3 comments politics
- New Online Course from MIT: Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data https://www.edx.org/course/probability-the-science-of-uncertainty-and-data-0 3 comments datascience
- Best way to learn a new computer language? Specifically python for Data Science. https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/ac1cbl/best_way_to_learn_a_new_computer_language/ 5 comments learnprogramming
- 30 years of data from scientists around the world shows Arctic animals are changing their behaviors because of climate change, new data published today in Science shows. Depressing story. Beautiful animal photos. https://news.osu.edu/new-database-shows-arctic-animals-changing-behavior-in-face-of-climate-change/ 5 comments science
- New political science data analysis shows that the current Republican Party is the most conservative it has been in over 100 years http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/04/10/150349438/gops-rightward-shift-higher-polarization-fills-political-scientist-with-dread 76 comments politics
- NYU announces new Data Science department headed by Yann LeCun http://cds.nyu.edu 12 comments statistics
- New Gaia data release reveals rare lenses, cluster cores and unforeseen science https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/New_Gaia_release_reveals_rare_lenses_cluster_cores_and_unforeseen_science 2 comments astronomy
- Politics and the New Machine: What the turn from polls to data science means for democracy. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/politics-and-the-new-machine 3 comments politics
- New data from Stack Overflow shows bootcamp grads out-earn Computer Science university grads by $6,000/year https://blog.bloc.io/comparing-salaries-for-coding-bootcamps-vs-computer-science-degrees/?utm_campaign=earned&utm_source=earned&utm_medium=social 28 comments webdev
- new data science podcast (Not So Standard Deviations) from Roger Peng/Hilary Parker https://twitter.com/rdpeng 15 comments rstats
- A new data processing workflow for R: dplyr, magrittr, tidyr, ggplot2 | Technical Tidbits From Spatial Analysis & Data Science http://zevross.com/blog/2015/01/13/a-new-data-processing-workflow-for-r-dplyr-magrittr-tidyr-ggplot2/ 8 comments rstats
- The University of Virginia Plans New School of Data Science; $120 Million Gift is Largest in University's History https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-plans-new-school-data-science-120-million-gift-largest-university-history?amp%3Butm_campaign=news&%3Butm_medium=referral#engineer 8 comments datascience
- The University of Virginia Plans New School of Data Science; $120 Million Gift is Largest in University's History https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-plans-new-school-data-science-120-million-gift-largest-university-historyd-data/article_1694f330-1ab3-11e9-9243-7f3eeacb6e94.html 4 comments datascience
- How-To: A Shiny New Python Data Science Sandbox in 30 Minutes Or Less http://www.ultravioletanalytics.com/2016/06/24/a-shiny-new-python-data-science-sandbox-in-30-minutes-or-less/ 5 comments datascience
- A new interactive interface for learning R and data science online, for free https://www.datacamp.com/swirl-r-tutorial 9 comments statistics
- Science has a new tool in the fight against climate change: good data. “Scientists were facing a lot of denial and negative comments in the past, then suddenly we learned from the corona crisis that it is definitely helpful to listen to scientists" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/climate-crisis-data 13 comments environment
- Science Shows Chinese Dams Are Devastating the Mekong -New data demonstrates a devastating effect on downstream water supplies that feed millions of people. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/22/science-shows-chinese-dams-devastating-mekong-river/ 16 comments worldnews
- Is College Worth It? Clearly, New Data Say: "According to a paper by Mr. Autor published Thursday in the journal Science, the true cost of a college degree is about negative $500,000" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/upshot/is-college-worth-it-clearly-new-data-say.html?action=click&contentcollection=europe&module=mostemailed&version=full&region=marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article 16 comments politics
- Why Aren't Politicians Listening to This Guy on Climate? - For years, Joe Romm has been arguing that talking about the science of climate change is a winning political strategy. Now, new polling data are backing him up. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/10/why-arent-politicians-listening-joe-romm-climate-change 4 comments politics
- EUROfusion spearheads advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to unlock fusion energy - By launching 15 new research projects, EUROfusion is engaging data science experts across Europe to apply Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques to fusion energy. https://euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/eurofusion-spearheads-advances-in-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-to-unlock-fusion-energy/ 6 comments futurology
- Lots of new Science Data from Gaia? The spacecraft Gaia a space observatory of the European Space Agency, expected to map a billion stars and detect thousands of alien worlds. Media representatives are now invited to a briefing in Madrid, Spain https://twitter.com/esagaia/status/770546022594572288 3 comments space
- The new £42m Alan Turing Institute for Data Science, dedicated to the second world war Enigma codebreaker, is to be based at the British Library at the centre of a new Knowledge Quarter, George Osborne announced on Thursday. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/dec/04/alan-turing-institute-big-data-knowledge-quarter-london 14 comments worldnews
- Science Discussion Series: What should and shouldn't be done with your personal genetic data? Who should benefit? We are researchers and advocates who are working on new models for DNA research. Let's discuss! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/dcqmq9/science_discussion_series_what_should_and/ 415 comments science
- Cool new analysis of "hot hand" basketball data in the latest Psychological Science suggests that players are actually more likely to miss a shot after making one. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ulterior-motives/201308/having-hot-hand-increases-confidence-not-success 15 comments cogsci
- Science AMA Series: We are Drs. Michael Hansen and Andrew Arai, researchers from the National Institutes of Health. We study cardiac MRI among other things. We are supporting new forms of scientific computing via the Data Science Bowl with Dr. Roman Salasznyk and Booz Allen Hamilton. AUA! http://www.datasciencebowl.com/ 73 comments science
- A new study that analyzed four California science textbooks from major publishers found they position climate change as a debate over differing opinions. Contrary to the clear majority of climate scientists who cite scientific data and evidence of human-caused climate change. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151110120441.htm 703 comments science
- No Climate data? Michael Mann explained the Medieval Warm Period with this brand new paper in Science, and released all of the code and data involved in the study to the public. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;326/5957/1256 30 comments science
- Development of new drugs focuses on just 60% of potential drug targets. A new study used data mining to examine huge amounts of literature within the health and medical sciences and other evidence sources in order to identify both the most and least studied proteins for drug targets. http://healthsciences.ku.dk/news/2018/02/new-knowledge-about-the-human-genome-paves-the-way-for-new-drugs/ 4 comments science
- Harvard Dives Into Data Science – Harvard aims to build a significant data-science institute to support a rapidly growing field that University leaders say is clearly "a new discipline." There will soon be 3 new Master's Degree programs. (Also see the article titled "Why 'Big Data' Is a Big Deal") http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/03/data-science-institute 19 comments datascience
- Harvard Dives Into Data Science – Harvard aims to build a significant data-science institute to support a rapidly growing field that University leaders say is clearly "a new discipline." There will soon be 3 new Master's Degree programs. (Also see the article titled "Why 'Big Data' Is a Big Deal") http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/03/data-science-institute 33 comments compsci
- PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi Reddit, we’re Alasdair and Garrett and we drew a new map of the United States based on commuter data instead of traditional borders, creating new ways of interpreting how geography impacts our lives – Ask Us Anything! http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/usp/staff/alasdair_rae 428 comments science
- Even Anonymous Credit Card Data Can Be Used to Track You. A new study in Science shows just how little information you need to re-identify people in 'anonymous' credit card metadata. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/computer-security/even-anonymous-credit-card-data-can-be-used-to-track-you 19 comments science
- “Vigorously advancing new and potentially polemical views through fresh argument and newly available data is precisely the manner in which science makes progress.” Bernardo Kastrup on the dangers of following consensus. https://iai.tv/articles/a-strange-perspective-on-the-practice-of-science-auid-1712&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 99 comments philosophy
- New research has worrying implications for information ecosystem surrounding topics such as politics, science, and health, where technically correct but misleadingly presented data can be widely persuasive. It is possible to lead individuals to arrive at unwarranted conclusions using manipulation. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/do-success-stories-cause-false-beliefs-about-success 72 comments science
- Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc (OTCMKTS: NWBO) Bull Run as Biotech Set to Release Phase III Top Line Data for DCVax®-L May 10 / Dr. Linda Liau Will Present “Autologous Tumor Lysate-Loaded Dendritic Cell Vaccination for Glioblastoma” at the New York Academy of Sciences https://microcapdaily.com/northwest-biotherapeutics-inc-otcmkts-nwbo-phase-iii-top-line-data-for-dcvax-l-may-10-dr-linda-liau-autologous-tumor-lysate-loaded-dendritic-cell-vaccination-for-glioblastoma-new-york-aca/b 23 comments wallstreetbets
- [NASA] A New View of Our Starry Night: After nine years in deep space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. https://www.nasa.gov/kepler/starrynight 4 comments space