Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Alex Yoder’s bio below. We are living in “the age of big data,” according to The World Economic Forum. Renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil agrees. I do too. As ...

Elizabeth Pollitzer says measures must be taken to tackle the gender imbalance among staff and users of large research infrastructures Getting together Delegates of the Women in Big Science session ...

Arguments are often heard against big (read: expensive) scientific projects, especially those without an immediate pay off. "Why spend so much money building this machine or spacecraft, when there are ...

IOP Publishing is proud to announce the release of ‘Big Science in the 21 st Century’, a comprehensive exploration of the impact of Big Science on our society and the new perspectives it opens on ...