2017 marks the third year that PLOS formally acknowledges our community of reviewers and editors with a public thank you published as…
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Assessment A Sincere Thank You from PLOSRead more
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post The (Now Older) Age of Fishes: New bony fish from the Silurian of ChinaRead more
For all of the love and popularity that the “Age of Dinosaurs” receives, we wouldn’t be where we are without evolutionary innovations…
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Synthetic Biology Synbio for bioremediation: fighting plastic pollutionRead more
This blog was written by Daniela Quaglia, PhD, MBA Plastic pollution: a one-hundred years ‘young’ problem Plastic pollution is one of the major…
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Interview Antha: a platform for engineering biologyRead more
This blog was written by Daniela Quaglia, PhD, MBA If you are a scientist, in particular a biologist, you might be very…
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post Brain-computer interface restores communication to the completely locked-inRead more
Imagine an existence without the ability to communicate. You cannot speak, gesture or even blink an eye. All means to share your…
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Climate Change Changing Our Attitudes Towards Invasive “Alien” SpeciesRead more
Above, zebra mussels on a native mussel; it has been estimated that invasive zebra mussels have cost Canada and the United States…
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Neuroscience The surprising metabolism of “exercising” neurons, by Jaime de Juan SanzRead more
The brain is an expensive organ: while it only represents 2.5% of total body mass it accounts for 20% of the energy…
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Climate Change Invasive Wild Pigs Leave a Swath of Destruction Across U.S. – And They Keep SpreadingRead more
They go by many names: wild boar, wild hog, razorback, Eurasian boar, feral swine. But whatever you call them, invasive wild pigs…
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Biodiversity What’s so “bad” about the Badlands, anyway?Read more
Authorized as a National Monument in 1929 and redesignated as a National Park in 1978, Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota…
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David Moscato Meet Garganornis: The Giant, Flightless, Weapon-Winged Goose From Ancient ItalyRead more
This guest post was contributed by David Moscato, a freelance science writer. This guest post reflects the views solely of its author, which…
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Synthetic Biology Engineered Probiotics as Living MedicineRead more
Modern medicine has found many ways to use a pill of chemicals to improve human health for people around the world. Drugs are taken…
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Citizen Science The Importance of Storytelling in ScienceRead more
“We owe it to each other to tell stories.” – Neil Gaiman Scientific writing is often belied as dry, stale; a…