by Dr. Natalie Boyd Williams: As I approach the end of a two-year postdoctoral fellowship, I am left with difficult questions about researcher positionality and independence, responsibility for the consequences of research, and whose interests critical research should ultimately protect.
By Lars Schöbitz: When an agent writes your code, drafts your prose, and compiles your literature, who is the author, and could you prove it? This post makes the case that scientific integrity in the age of AI is not a new standard but an old one, and shows how agentic coding, Git, and Quarto turn transparency into a side effect of how you work.
By Prof. Elizabeth Tilley: Cooked greens, Luwombo (peanut stew), Matooke (green bananas), and Posho (maize porridge) mean that Uganda’s cuisine is a paradise for any foodie. However, portions in Uganda are massive.