Ryan Watkins

Today's blog post on updating your course for when your students are using chatGPT. @rwatkins_7167/updating-your-course-syllabus-for-chatgpt-965f4b57b003" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@rwatkins_7167…

Episode 100 out now! Remix and remaster of our very first episode, a 2017 conversation with Ryan Kelly (@Invertdna) from @SMEAatUW about what matters more in getting cited: what you say or how you say it? Open-access article @ parsing.science/r.kelly parsing.science/e100

Natalie B. Milman, Ph.D. (Professor, Educational Technology) shares her #GSEHDgrad tribute to the class of 2021! 🎓 @nataliebmilman

Episode 91 out now! @emilio__ferrara from @USC discusses his research on the prevalence of bots – and their dissemination of conspiracy theories into – the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Open-access paper @ parsing.science/ferarra parsing.science/e91

Episode 90 out now! @ArchaeoEric from @StudentsNCL discusses his research in @AntiquityJ about what pet cemeteries can tell us about changes in our relationships with pets over the past century. Open access article @ parsing.science/tourigny parsing.science/e90

Using a large radio telescope network, astronomers detect bursty radio emissions from a binary stellar system approximately 51 light-years away suggestive of a previously unknown exoplanet. futurism.com/the-byte/corne…

To perform better, people first have to think that they convey a positive impression to others, and then these individuals would benefit from being accurate about this positive impression they convey. econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.102…

Some species of caterpillars have bodies covered with molecules identical to those of the plants on which they they inhabit, making them "invisible" to the ants that also roam there. phys.org/news/2020-12-c…

A critical question in evaluating the effectiveness of any form of training isn't whether trainees learn, but whether they learn more than they would have on their own without training: with science communication skills, it appears the answer is no. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

Episode 89 out now! Jesse Casana @SPARCLDartmouth talks with us about his research using drones to prospect for features of an ancestral Native American settlement in what's now southeastern Kansas. Open-access article @ parsing.science/casana parsing.science/e89

Mini-drone developed that's bioinspired by the rhinoceros beetle, which have origami-like folds that allow the insect to recover from flight collision. sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazin…

Down from nearly 200,000 in just three years ago, most recent count of annual Western Monarch butterfly count finds fewer than 2,000 of the species. baynature.org/2020/12/04/wit…

Commentary on AI program which is able to determine how nearly 2/3 of proteins fold with accuracy comparable to laboratory experiments ... but in a matter of days, rather than what might take years at the laboratory bench. theness.com/neurologicablo…

Irrespective of one's religious worldview, most people still have a tendency to use science more than spirituality as a heuristic for the trustworthiness and credibility of information. psyarxiv.com/sf8ez/

When people can't attain something they desire, they tend to underestimate how happy they will feel if they perform well on this task later, resulting in a drop in motivation. scientificamerican.com/article/does-f…

Behavioral biases found to be commonplace and not limited to certain demographic groups or consumer characteristics, and - similar to the Big Five - may be summarized by exhibition of 10 potential benchmarks. nber.org/papers/w28138

New species of a gelatinous animal discovered in the waters near Puerto Rico via remote exploration. fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/…

Fossils recovered from Antarctica represent the oldest giant members of an extinct group of birds that patrolled the southern oceans with wingspans of up to 21 feet that would dwarf the 11½-foot wingspan of today's largest bird, the wandering albatross. independent.co.uk/news/science/f…

10/16, 3-4PM EDT @gwGSEHD @GWtweets #interdisciplinary #Human-Technology #collaboration #PhD program in #technology #ArtificialIntelligence #DataAnalytics #VirtualReality #VR #AR #wearables #research info session with @ryanrwatkins shorturl.at/aGMN1

Python Summer Camp at @gelmanlibrary! A three-day, non-credit, interactive, mini-course using the #EngineersCode curriculum (Module 1) library.gwu.edu/news-events/ev…