More personal and organizational data is being shared, captured and stored online than ever before. This digital ‘treasure trove’ is enticing for cyber-criminals – it’s estimated that by 2023 ...

This is part of a new series of posts that highlight the importance of Earth and space science data and its contributions to society. "What is a data scientist?" D.J. Patil, now the U.S. Chief Data ...

The Scientist recently asked me to name the three best life-science blogs. I just sent them three ones I enjoy and read a lot–I find this sort of ranking to be interesting but fundamentally artificial ...

Scientists’ personal papers often offer key insights into a scientist’s goals and character. Without them, digital curator Dr. Elizabeth Harmon must act as a detective. Sara E. Cohen Lea collection of ...

Are you interested in getting into the field of data science? We don’t blame you. Data science is an exciting field that’s constantly changing and developing, which gives data scientists’ work endless ...

Moving data science into production has quite a few similarities to deploying an application. But there are key differences you shouldn’t overlook. Agile programming is the most-used methodology that ...