While we’ve gotten used to CRISPR-Cas9 blanketing the science news and even inspiring #CRISPRfacts, now we’re getting CRISPR in our mainstream TV shows…
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post CRISPR comes to TVRead more
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post Meet the #PLOS #SfN16 ContributorsRead more
The PLOS Neuroscience Community will be returning for a third year to the Society for Neuroscience conference, to be held November 12-16, in…
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post PLOS Paleo at SVP: Winners of our Top 10 Contest to be Announced at SocialRead more
In less than a week, the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology will be in full swing. I, for one, am…
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From the community Greetings from your new PLOS Synbio Community Editor: an honour to meet you!Read more
How exciting to be writing the first post for the PLOSSynbio blog. I feel very honoured to have been chosen as the…
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post A neural code for emotionRead more
Our daily experience rides along the backdrop of a dynamic stream of mental states, characterized by spontaneous changes is mood or emotion…
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post PLOS Paleo at 2016 SVP! Call for Contributors!Read more
There is less than a month now until the Annual Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in Salt Lake City, and we at PLOS…
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Biodiversity A day in the park–tracking mercury with dragonfly larvaeRead more
Mercury is a toxic element that can adversely impact human and wildlife health. And while it can be found as an introduced…
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post SynBioBeta SF 2016 PreviewRead more
Next month, Synbiobeta is coming to San Francisco for the 5th Annual SynBioBeta SF 2016 (#SBBSF16). Like other Synbiobeta events it tries to…
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post All the better to chew you with, my dearRead more
Hadrosaurs were the ‘duck billed’ cows of the Cretaceous. They got this reputation firstly for their unusual ‘beaked’ mouths, and secondly for…
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post The brain’s GPS for an imaginary worldRead more
“I’ll meet you outside in 10 minutes,” you text your friend as you look forward to catching up over lunch. As you…
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post Brain anatomy convergence between crocodylians and their epic carnivorous cousins, the phytosaursRead more
If I ask you to think of a large, extinct carnivorous reptile, what do you think of? I’m gonna guess that pretty…
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post Society for Neuroscience: Tweeters and bloggers needed!Read more
Without question, the most anticipated neuroscience event is the Society for Neuroscience conference (SfN), to be held this year in San Diego, California…