The Crazy-making Design of Social Media

Newsfeeds, recommendations, identities, and more are designed to disorient

Friday Song: "YYZ" by Rush

An instrumental built on Morse code is an enduring song adored worldwide

Does bioRxiv Fulfill Its Purpose?

Data reveal that putting preprints up for comment does nothing to change their fate

bioRxiv Authors Mostly Post After Submission

Of a sample of 1,200 papers across fields, most preprints posted after submission to a journal

BioRxiv and Unreviewed Preprints

More than 30% of its preprints consistently never find a peer-reviewed home

The Bigs, the Brands, and bioRxiv

Biology authors who get published tend to go with the bigs and the brands

A String of bioRxiv Analysis

With a lot of data about bioRxiv in hand, I'll be interpreting it in a series of posts

How's PLOS Faring with bioRxiv Authors?

Since 2013, the percentage of papers from bioRxiv published in PLOS journals has changed

Friday Song: "Rhythm of the Rain"

One of the most frequently performed songs of the 20th century has quite a story

"The Great Hack" Is a Good Start

A new Netflix documentary has generated a lot of buzz, but change is what matters