The FENS meeting recently held in Copenhagen (2-6 July 2016) was not only an international brainstorming of groundbreaking science but also an…
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Neuroscience Arts and Neuroscience, the beauty revealedRead more
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Assessment Author Credit: PLOS and CRediT UpdateRead more
Our January update on author credit focused on how PLOS was moving forward with the use of ORCID identifiers (iDs) for researcher…
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Dinosaurs Chew on this! Mammal-like mastication for the dinosaur LeptoceratopsRead more
We all chew, but hardly ever think about it. Even a moment’s consideration, though, reveals how complex of a process it actually…
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Assessment Measuring Up: Impact Factors Do Not Reflect Article Citation RatesRead more
This special blog post is co-authored by PLOS Executive Editor Véronique Kiermer, Université de Montréal Associate Professor of Information Science Vincent…
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Dinosaurs Identifying the sex of a T. rexRead more
In living animals, it’s pretty easy to tell if one is a male or a female. You look at their, er, dangly…
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post Brain signatures of spontaneous thoughtsRead more
Without prompting, they fill our stream of consciousness–Sudden amusement at a joke you heard yesterday, or a flash of panic over an…
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post Restoring what was lost: semi-natural grassland habitat restoration in SwedenRead more
The above image was taken in Hjelle, Norway (creative commons license). Human domination of earth’s ecosystems is well documented. Past work…
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Mammals Don’t Call Me TarpanRead more
Note: This guest post was contributed by Andrea Castelli. Andrea had published this in an earlier version elsewhere, but has updated it…
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Climate Change Hornbills’ Giant Beaks Help Them Cool Off in the Desert HeatRead more
Top Image: Yellow-billed hornbill, Dean Portelli. While you and I rely on sweating to cool off, birds have two primary thermoregulatory strategies…
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Synthetic Biology iGEM blogs: Protecting 18000 year old paintings by iGEM ToulouseRead more
by @iGEM_ToulouseFR. The Lascaux cave, currently listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO, was discovered in 1940 in France and opened after World…
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PLOS ONE A Jurassic World of SalamandersRead more
Salamanders are fairly adorable, but often forgotten, animals. Because their skeletons are pretty delicate, the fossil record for this group is spotty, with many…
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In the News PLOS Supports Early Career Researchers with Travel Award and Broader InitiativeRead more
PLOS supports the growth of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as they build skills in science communication, become champions of Open Science and…