Guinea Worms, ChatGPT, Neanderthals, Plagiarism, Tidyverse

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Only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide in 2022. This Neglected Tropical Disease is on the WHO 2030 roadmap to become only the second human disease in history to be eradicated, after smallpox.

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Affiliation

Martin Fenner

Front Matter

Published

February 1, 2023

Doi

https://doi.org/10.53731/ffbx660-083tnag

Guinea worm disease reaches all-time low: only 13* human cases reported in 2022

Only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide in 2022. This Neglected Tropical Disease is on the WHO 2030 roadmap to become only the second human disease in history to be eradicated, after smallpox.

ChatGPT is fun, but not an author

The Editor-In-Chief of the Science journals explains their updated Editorial Policy specifying that text generated by ChatGPT (or any other AI tools) cannot be used in publications, nor can figures produced by such tools.

Meet the first Neanderthal family

A study published in October last year retrieved the DNA from 17 Neanderthal remains, for the first time using genetics to study the social organization of a Neanderthal community.

Welcome to the tidyverse

The tidyverse is a language for solving data science challenges with R code. It is also a collection of R packages with a shared high-level design philosophy. This article gives a short introduction to these highly popular software packages.

References

  1. Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 13* Human Cases Reported in 2022. The Carter Center. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/2022-guinea-worm-worldwide-cases-announcement.html

  2. Thorp HH. ChatGPT is fun, but not an author. Science. 2023;379(6630):313-313. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg7879

  3. Meet the first Neanderthal family. The Leakey Foundation. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://leakeyfoundation.org/meet-the-first-neanderthal-family/

  4. Kincaid AE. University to investigate adjunct professor after allegations of plagiarism – and legal threats. Retraction Watch. Published December 30, 2022. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/30/university-to-investigate-adjunct-professor-after-allegations-of-plagiarism-and-legal-threats/

  5. Wickham H, Averick M, Bryan J, et al. Welcome to the Tidyverse. Journal of Open Source Software. 2019;4(43):1686. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01686

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