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.

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.

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.

Mathematician, concert pianist, and author Dr Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to change that perception of maths by showcasing the joy, creativity and wonder of maths, and how it underpins our everyday lives, from the food we eat to the entertainment we consume. I caught up with Eugenia ahead of her Speaker Series Live talk at the Ri in June 2024 to hear about the creativity, wonder and relatability of maths, and how we can all engage with it in ways that bring us joy.

AI, federated learning and vast swathes of research data available at our fingertips represent paradigm shifts for drug discovery. Our VP Open Research, Dr Mark Hahnel, discusses the serendipity and the science.

In this week's TL;DR Shorts episode we hear Dr Astro Teller's thoughts on climate change. As the co-founder and Captain of Moonshots at X, the Moonshot Factory at Alphabet based in California, USA, it is perhaps no surprise that Astro approaches the challenge of climate change in an holistic manner, calling it a systems problem that can only be overcome with a suite of innovative solutions.

This episode of TL;DR Shorts features Esther Dyson sharing her thoughts on the future of research. Esther makes a compelling and convincing case for researchers and innovators to intelligently examine existing knowledge to see what else could be implemented from research that may have been overlooked in favour of creating new knowledge.

At the launch of the new Dimensions Knowledge Graph, Dr Suze Kundu spoke with metaphacts CEO Sebastian Schmidt about knowledge graphs and their role in helping to democratise data.

This week's #TLDRShorts episode features Dr Etosha Cave who shares her thoughts on climate change and one of the latest discoveries that could help us achieve a more sustainable future for our planet.