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What was new in open science this week?

• F1000 Specialist extraordinaire Ross Mounce is at it again! Check out his interview at opensource.com on why Open Science is the future of scientific discovery.
• As divided as it is, even the US Congress is concerned about reproducibility in research!
• We might not all be (Isaac) Newtons in training, but we can at least share our knowledge like he did! Well…like the Cambridge Digital Library did.
• As scientists continue to embrace 3D printing, we could see a significant reduction in research costs. Check out what the Peczuh Research Group at the University of Connecticut is printing with help from the NIH 3DPrint Exchange.
• Offering free online courses, face to face workshops, and innovative programs on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age, Creative Commons is about to storm Africa by launching a continent-wide School of Open in September. Programs will be launched in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and South Africa in September on a series of topics ranging from Creative Commons licensing, intellectual property protection, open society concepts, and the Linux operating system.
• Celebrated open notebook scientist, @sr320 began a five-week course in which student researchers are keeping open notebooks with @ONScience. More details here.
• Head over to twitter and check out our latest #F1000Talks: Advocating for Open Science as an Early Career Researcher. Be sure to also check out Annelies Vredeveldt’s ECR chat on OA publishing.

Upcoming events

• The Mozilla Festival is coming to London October 24-26 and they’re looking for others to help them shape their program. Submit your proposal by 22^nd of August 2014!
• The Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network is looking for case studies on innovative and transformative open processes in generating knowledge and actions intended to address a range of development challenges in various Global South contexts. Concept submission deadline is 8^th of September 2014.