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What was new in open science this week?

• Let’s admit it, as scientists we will “hack” anything in order to get the job done! Check out what Prof. Joshua Pearce (Michigan Tech) is doing with 3D printers! Have a “hack” of your own? Submit it to the F1000Specialists video competition!
• F1000Research Advisory Board Member, and F1000 Specialist Bjorn Brembs presents his views on digital publishing and Open Access (in German). Read more here.
• Community Coordinator for Open Science at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and F1000 Specialist Ross Mounce, presents the best ways to ensure discoverable access to research outputs. Read his suggestions here.
• Can post-publication peer review help alleviate the rise in retractios? Read up on what Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, co-founders of Retraction Watch have to say, and be sure to chime in with comments!

Upcoming Open Science Events:

• September 4th: LSE, King’s College London and Queen Mary University of London Libraries present the Discovering Open Practices conference.
• September 2-4th: The Open Science Code Fest. Bringing together researchers from ecology, biodiversity science, and other earth and environmental sciences with computer scientists, software engineers, and developers to collaborate on coding projects of mutual interest.