Brenny

You get a poo sample and a metadata sheet from every person on the planet. Amazon grants you all of their EC2 servers to process it, and every analysis just came in. What is the first thing you look at?

Hi Rosie!

The arsenic bacteria saga was a fascinating one to follow, and reinforced for many people that extraordinary claims required extraordinary evidence. It also brought up the topic of the reproduction of scientific results. It's becoming clear that we aren't trying to replicate results as often as we should be. Reproducing research is almost seen as a waste of time (and money), especially since it can be impossible to publish. How do we convince more researchers to dedicate some of their time and money to this cause? How can I (as a grad student) convince my supervisor to let me re-do someone else's work?