The Best Articles, Videos, and Newsletters in Data Science
The most useful articles, videos, and newsletters in Data Science from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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Top 5 Data Science Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Data Science by Refind users in 2026 so far.
Videos
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Cliff Kapono and Keolu Fox: Could we replace data centers with … plant DNA?
Is it possible to meet the world's seemingly infinite demand for data storage while also caring for the natural environment? Biomedical researcher Keolu Fox and professional surfer and scientist Cliff…
What is ...?
New to Data Science? These articles make an excellent introduction.
What is Reverse ETL? The Definitive Guide
Learn everything there is to know about Reverse ETL, how it fits into the modern data stack, and why it's different than ETL.
Learn Julia For Beginners – The Future Programming Language of Data Science and Machine Learning Explained
Julia is a high-level, dynamic programming language, designed to give users the speed of C/C++ while remaining as easy to use as Python. This means that developers can solve problems faster and more…
«So now the function is defined to take in only a string. Let us test this out to make sure we can only call the function with a string value»
An introduction to data science and machine learning with Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for learning the basics of data science and machine learning.
What is Hierarchical Clustering?
By Nagesh Singh Chauhan, Big data developer at CirrusLabs What is Clustering?? Clustering is a technique that groups similar objects such that the objects in the same group are more similar to each…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Data Science—all under 10 minutes.
Stop getting fooled by this common statistics trick
Listen to this article by clicking here.Short of time? Click here to read the key takeaways!🎯 A 71% increase can sound alarming, but without context, it can mislead. In the aspirin example, the relative increase is 71%, yet the absolute risk only rises from 0.18% to 0.31%. Both figures are correct, but they create very different impressions of the underlying risk. 🔍 Relative and absolute percentages answer different questions. Absolute change measures the direct difference between starting an
Ruled by Numbers: How Data Dominates Every Facet of Our Daily Lives
A piercing sound awakens you: the alarm on your phone. Through squinted eyes you peer in its direction and discern a blinking 7:00 AM. This number denotes the beginning of your day—a day in which y…
Cities around the world share many challenges. To address them, they need to develop science diplomacy
What will our daily lives be like in 50 years’ time? What will our challenges be? Scientific data and analysis are essential, and municipal diplomacy is the key to sharing knowledge.
How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector?
Data scientists are using AI to build a system that can detect fake news accurately. But just how close are we?
4 ways to use ChatGPT's data-analysis tool
Our test of Advanced Data Analysis, formerly known as Code Interpreter.
«with Rebecca Hinds, head of The Work Innovation Lab at Asana, that her team used Advanced Data Analysis, previously called Code Interpreter, to help them»
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Data Science.
Spinning Data into Thought
How Computers Think: Introduction
Dashboards Are Dead: 3 Years Later
What’s the purpose of dashboards in 2023?
The Ultimate Guide to Making Sense of Data
Lessons from 10 years at Uber, Meta and High-Growth Startups
A search engine in 80 lines of Python
February 05, 2024 · 26 mins · 4728 words Discussion on HackerNews. Last September I hopped on board with Wallapop as a Search Data Scientist and since then part of my work has been working with Solr,…
Are You Ready to Hire a Data Scientist? Advice for Founders
Are you ready to hire a data scientist? Mengying Li, Growth Data Science Lead at Notion, shares her framework for testing whether you should invest in this key hire and how to find the right data…
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