Bruce Caron guides us through their open browser tabs. What are some of the must-reads at the moment?

Ten (not so) simple rules for clinical trial data-sharing The authors propose 10 (not so) simple rules for researchers wishing to share data, aligned on the clinical trial lifecycle. The Challenger Expedition - 1872 Report of a BBC Radio episode about the 1872 four-year-long Challenger expedition to investigate the oceans of the earth.

In November of 2022, the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and the Netherlands eScience Center organized a two-day international workshop titled “The Future of Research Software.” In the workshop, funding organizations joined forces to explore how they could effectively contribute to making research software sustainable. The workshop had many participants from all continents and was a huge success.

The Era of Planetary Defense Has Begun In their textbook Modern Principles of Economics, Tyler and Tabarrok use asteroid defense as an example of a public good. Food fight: FDA is redefining ‘healthy’ and food industry is pushing back Less saturated fat, less sodium, less added sugar; manufacturers say almost no packaged foods would qualify under the agency’s new rules.

Recording of Professor Jonathan W. Gray’s 20 February 2023 talk at City, University of London.

Dinner with Proust How Alzheimer’s caregivers are pulled into their patients’ worlds. Rights of Nature Reach Europe In September 2022, the Spanish Senate in the “Mar Menor Act” recognized a natural entity as a subject of rights – for the first time in Europe.

The next de-extinction target: The dodo The startup Colossal announced plans to bring back the Dodo, a large flightless bird that inhabited the island of Mauritius before it went extinct in the late 17th century. The winners of the World Dataviz Prize 2023 Conducted in partnership with the World Government Summit, the 2023 competition focuses on the past, present, and future of society and governments.

Sometimes we see headlines in the news about a book being challenged at a library. People from different perspectives might see the content of the book or other aspects of it as threatening or inappropriate. Understanding these challenges and forming responses is essential to our work as librarians in advocating and supporting intellectual freedom. Now, the work to track this information will receive more coordinated support.

How comprehensive are bibliographic databases when it comes to preprints? Ludo Waltman and Nees Jan van Eck provide six recommendations for improvement.

Senior Communications Officer John Stevenson (City, University of London) had a quick Q&A with Professor Gray in anticipation of his seminar. We share it below: JS: How has the academy contributed to an awareness of the need for representation and diversity in graphics and comics? How do you assess your own contribution at CUNY?