The Most Misleading Sentence in Scientific Publishing
Why “available upon request” is not enough for scientific publishing, and how we might measure the science that shared datasets enable.
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Interesting twists in science and society. Kuan's essays on science in society, AI in medicine, and how to responsibly innovate at the edge of what's possible.
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