jdale27

Who do you think will win the Nobel Prizes this year?

My background is mainly in computer science / software engineering, but I've been working with scientists (mainly biologists) for most of my career. One of the biggest areas of friction and frustration I've encountered seems to be around how to effectively extract value from the literature -- whether it be raw data in a form that can be reused, or higher-level knowledge (e.g., how do you consume multiple studies about a given topic and synthesize them into a coherent mental model to inform your own research?).

I'm interested in building tools to improve this, so I'd really appreciate hearing what you all think are the biggest challenges in this area. And if there are existing tools that you consider "secret weapons" for doing better at science, I'd love to hear about those as well.

We see a lot of posts asking for advice: career changes, how to deal with burnout, mental health, and other life circumstances. I'm curious whether any of these ever resulted in significant lasting positive change for the askers. Any stories to share?

Like the title says: Have you learned a new (natural) language specifically in order to read a certain book in its original language?

What was the book (and language)? Was it worth it?