Imagining the Possibilities of Data Science

DataKind’s Jake Porway on defining problems, employing social design, and taking data science in new directions
Rita Allen Foundation and WGBH Boston Select First Science Communication Fellow

Adnaan Wasey to develop media formats to engage new audiences with science
Peter Reddien: Riveted by Regeneration

Peter Reddien investigates how planarian flatworms can replace a severed head or tail, or even regenerate a whole organism from…

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