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The European Union’s programme for science funding, Horizon Europe, already mandates that almost all data be FAIR (that is, findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable).
Without Appropriate Metadata, Data-Sharing Mandates Are Pointless
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After World War II, the suburban share of the metro area population skyrocketed: by the 1950 Census, 45% of the region’s population lived in the suburbs; by 1960, 58% of the population did, and and by 1970, 72% of the population lived in suburban jurisdictions.
Segregation and the Rise of the Car Shaped DC’s “New Downtown”
DW Rowlands
Who would guess, for instance, that silicon is the second most common element on Earth or that titanium is tenth? Abundance has little to do with their familiarity or utility to us.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
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