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At the same time transparency and reproducibility are at stake in the increasingly complex world of research, which is still using old-fashioned tools when packaging and sharing content. This is not only a big problem for research itself, but can give science a bad name in front of the public opinion, which increasingly does not understand and trust the work of scientists. To the average tax-payer science is often cryptic, with most recently published papers behind a pay-wall and the majority of research virtually inscrutable.   In this scenario it is hard for the public to access and capture the relevance of scientists' work.   I strongly believe that a society that does not trust his its  scientists is set on a dangerous course. \textbf{Action Items.} To improve the situation 21st century scientists need to:  \begin{enumerate}