People will not trust unkind science

HIV’s unkind cut

Enzyme helps fold the SAC E spert et al. identify a phosphatase that helps shut down the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) when chromosomes are correctly attached to the spindle. The SAC prevents cells from entering anaphase until they have verifi ed the connections between spindle microtubules and the chromosomes. The checkpoint forms when the enzyme Mps1 phosphorylates the kinetochore protein...

Trust is other people

A renewed interest in the concept of sharing emerges from a community that drifts apart and lives next to each other instead of with each other. Technology offers interesting possibilities to support sharing activities not only in small neighbourhoods, but also in highly populated areas. However, the Internet is often experienced as a place of anonymity, and people are scared of the 'figurative...

Will People Like Your Image?

The wide distribution of digital devices as well as cheap storage allow us to take series of photos making sure not to miss any specific beautiful moment. Thereby, the huge and constantly growing image assembly makes it quite timeconsuming to manually pick the best shots afterwards. Even more challenging, finding the most aesthetically pleasing images that might also be worth sharing is a large...

To trust or not to trust.

Computer Science: Not about Computers, Not Science

This paper makes two claims about the fundamental nature of computer science. In particular, I claim that—despite its name—the field of computer science is neither the study of computers, nor is it science in the ordinary sense of the word. While there are technical exceptions to both claims, the nature, purpose, and ultimately the crucial contributions of the beautiful discipline of computer s...