Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
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Behind the paper: A revised early Jurassic to Albian chronology for dinosaur evolution in tropical Asia
This post offers a behind-the-scenes look at the study ‘A revised early Jurassic to Albian chronology for dinosaur evolution in tropical Asia’ published in October 2026 in Communications Earth & Environment.
Finding Weighted Jaccard Inside UniFrac
We published DartUniFrac recently in Nature Biotechnology. The journey is interesting enough that I had no idea what it would look like at the beginning of the development. UniFrac is secretly weighted Jaccard — sketching makes it scale.