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.

Mark Hahnel and Simon Porter introduce Digital Science's new report as part of our ongoing investigation into Research Transformation: Change in the era of AI, open and impact.

The theme of this year's International Open Access Week, which kicked off yesterday, is 'Community over Commercialisation'. In today's TL;DR Shorts episode, Joy Owango talks about how open research is helping increase the visibility and representation of research being done in Africa.

Transformation via and within research is a constant in our lives. But with AI, we now stand at a point where research (and many other aspects of our working life) will be transformed in a monumental way. As such, we are taking this moment to reflect on the activity of Research Transformation itself, and celebrating the art of change. Our campaign will show how research data can be transformed into actionable insights, how the changing role of research is affecting both those in academia and industry, and exploring innovative ways to make research more open, inclusive and collaborative, for all – especially for those beyond the walls of academia.

The WNBA Finals are in full swing and the start of the new MNBA season is imminent, so we're celebrating all things b-ball in today's #TLDRShorts episode from Dave Weiss, Senior Vice President of Player Matters at the NBA. Dave tells us about how he and his team use research and conduct novel research themselves to better inform the health and wellbeing of professional athletes across the world.

Today's episode of TL;DR Shorts features British science journalist, author, and broadcaster Angela Saini, who reflects on the role of science communication in the COVID-19 pandemic and how accessing research information should be done with sceptical caution, to avoid the spread of misinformation and disinformation.

Dr Suze Kundu chats about innovation and its incentivisation and celebration through awards schemes with Dr Gilbert De Gregorio, Associate Director of the Frontiers Planet Prize that awards international champions 1M Swiss Francs for discoveries that will be of benefit to planetary health.