Future of Science by DeSci Foundation

In this conversation with Marcus Munafo, we covered how Marcus and others built the UK Reproducibility Network and are driving the adoption of open research practices. We debated whether issues in science are mostly due to well-intentioned behavior by humanly-flawed individuals in a suboptimal environment or whether it’s more selfish individuals practicing outright fraud. Spoiler: We’re not so sure. We also discussed whether change in science needs top-down policies or whether these can even harm the cause. This podcast is a follow-up conversation to Marcus' Future of Science Seminar. You can watch all episodes of the seminar here, and sign up to upcoming seminars here.

We sat down with David Aronchick, head of R&D at Protocol Labs, to talk about compute over data - the ability to run an analysis right where your data is without having to move it around. In this episode: Learn why moving data from one server to another for analysis is such a pain, how compute over data could change the game for data security and privacy, and how compute over data based on web3 primitives can increase collaboration, data sharing, and reproducibility in science.  Check out David's Future of Science Seminar here. Check the schedule and sign up for upcoming live seminars!

Philipp sat down with Erik Schultes, FAIR Implementation Leaad at the Go FAIR Foundation, to talk about FAIR data (= findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable). In this episode: How FAIR data enables machine-actionability, Sci-Fi futures powered by an internet full of FAIR digital objects, the role of data stewards, the origin of the FAIR acronym, fast adoption in institutional settings, the real cost of not implementing FAIR, and that one time the banking sector tried to buy the internet. This podcast is a follow-up conversation to Erik's Future of Science Seminar. You can watch the full seminar here. Sign up for upcoming seminars: https://descifoundation.org/seminars

In this episode, we cover what happens when research becomes trendy, why trends seem to overrule scientific rigor, and how even one of the original authors debunking their own findings cannot put the genie back into the bottle. Behavioral neuroscientists have shown that the neuropeptide oxytocin plays a key role in social attachment and affiliation in nonhuman mammals. Inspired by this initial research, many social scientists proceeded to examine the associations of oxytocin with trust in humans over the past decade. In a large-scale review, Gideon and his colleagues have dissected the current oxytocin research to understand whether findings are robust and replicable. Turns out, they are not. However, even though the findings were established to be false, they keep propagating throughout the scientific record. This podcast is a follow-on conversation to Gideon's Future of Science Seminar. You can watch the full seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q7rij0Wv5g&t=2s Check out upcoming seminars at https://descifoundation.org/seminars If you enjoy this episode, please consider rating, reviewing, and subscribing to this podcast. Thanks!

This episodes covers neuroscientist and metascientist Gustav Nilsonne's journey to becoming a metascientist, his vision for a systematic quality review in scientific publishing, and how the incentives shaping today's academic systems lead to low-quality research. If you enjoy this episode, please give us a review and consider subscribing to the podcast. This helps us reach more science enthusiasts. Sign up for the next Future of Science Seminar: https://descifoundation.org/seminar Join the conversation with Gustav happening on Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/descifoundation/shared_invite/zt-1g6qtopxx-ogiR3KYloQWvMG3sCjGzAg DeSci Foundation: https://descifoundation.org