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Some writings worth reading"Scientists Should Stop Publishing" http://universityworldnews.com/…Earlier this month a Japanese researcher was found guilty of scientific misconduct and two groundbreaking studies published in Nature were retracted. This is a symptom of a broken system. Ask most scientists why they pursued a career in research and the majority will tell you that they had an innate passion for discovery. However, the current 'publish or perish' culture in academia is arguably impeding the discovery process. Even Nobel laureates have spoken out about the negative impact of this culture, including Peter Higgs, who told the Guardian that even he would not be productive enough to compete in the current academic system. To be a successful academic you must publish research in peer-reviewed academic journals, and preferably 'high impact' journals such as Science and Nature. While the intention behind peer review – to maintain standards of quality – is critically important, the implementation of this process may actually be contributing to a systemic flaw. [to be continued...]"No One Cares About Economic Data Anymore. That’s Good News." http://nytimes.com/2014/04/30/… by @Neil_Irwin"Big Data…Big Deal? Maybe, if Used with Caution." http://andrewgelman.com/2014/04/ …"As many older companies move away from fundamental research, young technology firms are picking up the slack" http://nature.com/news/basic…"UK faces physics ‘catastrophe’ without funding increase" http://nature.com/news/uk-faces… (it is neither only UK nor Physics, unfortunately)"What Good Marathons and Bad Investments Have in Common" http://nytimes.com/2014/04/… by @JustinWolfers"Chicago has a gun ban within the city limits" (via http://imgur.com/r/MapPor…) "How close are other gunstores, outside?"“The risk of violent tornadoes appears to be increasing” http://news.fsu.edu/More-FSU… (Sept. 2013) see also http://news.fsu.edu/More-FSU…"To Divide the Rent, Start With a Triangle" http://nytimes.com/2014/04/29/science/… ht @7homaslin"A Conversation with Google's Hal Varian" http://macroblog.typepad.com/macroblog/…"Reliability &#38; Reproducibility: Fraudulent p-values through multiple testing and other biases" http://errorstatistics.com/2014/04/… and http://slideshare.net/jemille6/…"A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D." http://simonsfoundation.org/quanta…via @EconEconomics "'Piketty mania' in France? Non. Because concern over inequality has long been central there" http://econ.st/1kdT2j5 [photography] http://dinagoldstein.com/"Piketty's sublimely nerdy book, packed with graphs, statistics and history..." http://theguardian.com/commentisfree/… "rock-star economist" by @moorehn"Thomas Piketty, the Economist Behind ‘Capital in the 21st Century’ Is the Latest Overnight Intellectual Sensation" http://nytimes.com/2014/…“This study will be a blow to any remaining climate change deniers” http://climatenewsnetwork.net/… about http://link.springer.com/…"How to Outguess Passwords" https://medium.com/editors-picks/…"Why cutting the government doesn't make it more efficient" http://theweek.com/article/index/260265/… "or why government cuts usually backfire" by @Noahpinion"Do Pressures to Publish Increase Scientists' Bias?" http://plosone.org/article/… via "Scientists Should Stop Publishing" http://universityworldnews.com/20140424173116328…"Office Space Bacterial Abundance and Diversity in Three Metropolitan Areas" http://plosone.org/article/… via http://livescience.com/20653… on men's desk"Grocery Shopping in France, the UK, and the US" http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.ca/2014/… by @TimothyTTaylor see"When economics students rebel" http://mainlymacro.blogspot.ca/2014/04/when…"two tips for young up-and-coming journalists" http://geekwire.com/2014/… "Work your ass off and learn how to code""Are you an academic hermit?" https://medium.com/advice… by @Write4Research, via @LorenzFerrarini"When people stop believing in God they don’t believe in nothing. They believe in brands." http://economist.com/news/business/…"Mechanical versus clinical data combination in selection and admissions decisions" http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/apl/… via http://hbr.org/2014/05/…"We Need Online Alter Egos Now More Than Ever" http://wired.com/2014/04/…"The random risks of randomised trials" http://ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/59bb202… by @TimHarford"The way we board airplanes makes absolutely no sense" http://vox.com/2014/4/25/… by @josephstromberg (based on http://arxiv.org/pdf/0802.0733) see also "Bording a plane takes too long and is often the most stressful part of a flight" http://economist.com/blogs/gulliver/… via http://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/7888 "U.S. Promotes Network to Foil Digital Spying" http://nytimes.com/2014/0…"What Makes an Image Popular?" http://people.csail.mit.edu/khosla/papers/… see[free ebook] "An Introduction to MathematicalOptimal Control Theory" http://math.berkeley.edu/~evans/…"Using playing cards to store hidden data" http://timwarriner.com/carddata/… "The Implied Card Method for Encoding Data Into Playing Cards""Unseen Sensors: Constantly Sensing but Rarely Seen" http://designmind.frogdesign.com/articles/… (once you start reading this, "you’ll see many more")"Maths spying: the quandary of working for the spooks" http://newscientist.com/article/mg22229660.200…"How marijuana enter and move through the country" (see http://policymic.tumblr.com/post/820127… for cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and meth)"buy now, pay later" http://vox.com/2014/4/25/… (isn't it another way to define credit?)Now online, http://visionscarto.net/ , @visionscarto's awesome blog"How Big Data Helps Chains (Like Starbucks) Pick Store Locations" http://forbes.com/sites/barbarathau/…"Is Big Data A Potential Distraction?" http://.forbes.com/sites/adrianswinscoe/2014/04/19 … by @adrianswinscoe"Revised statistical standards for evidence" http://andrewgelman.com/2014/04… by @StatModelingBreak-Up Dates, according to Facebook (in 2012) via http://informationisbeautiful.net/  ht @jbdba"Would you recognize a loved one dressed like the homeless?" http://ctvnews.ca/world/… interesting social experiment by http://makethemvisible.com/ "Algorithm Is First to Identify Faces Better Than Humans Can" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/… by @CarlJamesKing about http://arxiv.org/pdf/1404.3840v1.pdf …average faces, via http://facelab.org/  see e.g. womenet un peu de lecture en français,"Le Royaume-Uni n'aurait pas dû tripler les frais universitaires" http://planetecampus.com/actu/85756…"Enseignement supérieur et recherche" http://verel.typepad.fr/verel/2014/04/… ht @adelaigue"L'ordinateur dans la société" (Time, 1965) http://hyperbate.fr/dernier/30197… par @Jean_no, via @gunthert(à lire pendant votre prochaine réunion) MT @ABiotteau "Les Smartphones ont envahi les salles de réunion" http://lemonde.fr/politique/article/2014/04/2…Les prénoms en France http://giphy.com/gifs/lemondefr … par @alphoenix bien étudié par @coulmont mais toujours amusant (voir aussi un vieux billet sur le même sujet http://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/1999 )en France, "la moitié des postes de professeur de mathématiques n'ont pas été pourvus" http://20minutes.fr/societe/… ça promet pour l'avenir !"C'est quoi un blog de sciences?" http://laviedemix.over-blog.com/article … par @mixlamaliceLa France retourne (enfin) 30 ans en arrière ?http://internetactu.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/04/25/… cf plan IPT en 1985 http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan… (mentionné dans un vieux billet http://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/4733 )"Norbert Wiener, cyber-héros" http://liberation.fr/livres/2014/04/16/…"Cartables d’école et cinéma" http://teteschercheuses.hypotheses.org/1130  "entre goût, intégration et socialisation"des "travailleurs diplômés peinant à lire et à compter", http://ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/… via @J_P_Boucher (assez angoissant)l'envers du décor de la carte walled world, par Philippe Reka, a.k.a. @visionscarto mentionnée dans un précédent somewhere elseDid I miss something?