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What was new in open science this week?

• Rumours surfaced that Google is working on “Google Science”, but there doesn’t seem to be any more evidence than a single document of unknown source.
• Notes from yesterday’s Mozilla Science call are up. The big news is that next week is the deadline to submit proposals for MozFest in London.
• rOpenSci launched their ambassadors program.
• OCSDNET is calling for applications on case studies to address open science challenges in the Global South. Opens for submissions on Monday.
• The summary of the open science advocacy #F1000talks tweetchat is now up on our blog.
• Several open science supporters have written a letter to AAAS with concerns about the policies surrounding their new open access journal.

And to close this week’s round-up, a little musical number. Lily Bui covered “The Best Things in Life are Free” on ukelele and dedicated it to open science!