The role of scientific research has featured heavily at SXSW London 2025. Mark Hahnel suggests we need more basic research in order to compete.

Mark Hahnel once wrote that Open Access is an inevitability. But what is the data telling us? In this new post, Mark shares the latest numbers and his insights on the current state of play for OA.

A "collaborative synergy" between AI and researchers "will define the next era of scientific progress", writes Mark Hahnel. How will AI enhance human intellect?

Welcome to week 17 of January 2025, the month that seems never to end - however, I have been reliably informed that this IS, in fact, the LAST week of the month so we thought we’d reward you with an exclusive TL;DR Long from Dr Danny Hillis. In this episode, Danny chats about the history of AI, from working with the field’s founding fathers to predictions that have come true, and what we can really expect from AI in the coming years.

In this week of political change, today's TL;DR Tuesday theme is trust, in research and beyond. Professor Venki Ramakrishnan, a Nobel laureate and former President of the Royal Society, now Group Lead of the Structural Studies Division of the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology shares his thoughts on the challenges we face and suggests some solutions to help us overcome them.