Every Muppets fan knows that Christmas is all about being revisited by people you've previously encountered. So from 25th December to 5th January we'll be sharing our 12 Days of DSmas. Check back daily as we share a Speaker Series 2024 chat each and every day. Happy Holidays from the Digital Science Thought Leadership Team!

In this TL;DR Shorts episode, we're looking to the future: Nobel laureate and former president of the Royal Society Venki Ramakrishnan talks about how new technologies are enabling the future of biology research.

In this week's TL;DR Shorts episode, we hear from Dr Scott Heimlich, President of the Amgen Foundation and Executive Director at Amgen, about the importance of engaging with and empowering all communities impacted by the outcomes of research that go beyond a company mission, such as through an organisation's charitable giving in response to a disaster, or through supporting community engagement by employees with a broad range of groups.

For me, the countdown to Christmas means three things - excitement, new gadgets, and an almost daily dose of Disney in one form or another. So, since it's December, let's tick off a hattrick of all three of those boxes with this special extra-long conversation with Dr Danny Hillis - inventor, innovator, and the founder of Applied Invention. Want to avoid that annual appraisal or procrastinate around your 2025 planning? Grab a drink and a chocolate orange, and spend 50 minutes hearing from the legend that developed the knowledge graph that provides the foundations for Google Search.

Last week, Suze attended the AI for Science Forum, a gathering of incredible minds from across disciplines, each sharing perspectives on how AI is transforming research and impacting society. Organised by Google DeepMind and The Royal Society, the event brought together invited guests from across all segments of the research community to share their experiences and expertise, while also giving opportunities for attendees to meaningfully discuss how we can best wrangle this novel technology to increase the impact and reach of research with the resources currently at our disposal. Here's a reflection on the day's proceedings.

In this week's TL;DR Shorts episode, Joy Owango discusses the importance of open infrastructures in improving the persistence and visibility of ALL research information from across the world to better include and impact all of society.

Following yesterday’s engaging and inspiring AI For Science Forum hosted by Google DeepMind and The Royal Society, this week’s TL;DR Shorts episode features Professor Lord Martin Rees. A physicist, Astronomer Royal, former President of The Royal Society and author of many books that focus on the future, Martin shares his thoughts on the rise of AI in science and society.

New eras of technology have always enabled novel waves of research. This week's TL;DR Tuesday contribution comes from the co-founder of Applied Invention Dr Danny Hillis, an innovator who has witnessed and indeed driven the evolution of many such waves of novel tech. Danny shares his thoughts on an automated research future.

As the Aaron Sorkin global political drama that is 2024 reaches its season finale in the USA today, we are thrilled to share our chat about science, social justice, and the politicisation of research with Professor Jenny Reardon, Professor of Sociology at the University of California Santa Cruz, and the Founder of Science and Justice Research Center.

Open research is for life, not just for Open Access week, which is why we are sticking with the theme and hearing from Nobel laureate and former president of the Royal Society Venki Ramakrishnan who talks about this very topic in this week's TL;DR Shorts episode.