By Aakriti Jain Dr. Dan Nicholson is first a scientist, a molecular biologist. However, unlike most researchers in the constantly changing and…
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Interview Organisms or Machines?Read more
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PLOS ONE What’s Warming the Cold-Blooded Iguana?Read more
This article was originally published January 11, 2016 by Rebecca Hofland over at the PLOS EveryONE blog, a member of the PLOS Blogs…
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In the News Author Credit: PLOS & ORCID UpdateRead more
Receiving credit for your work on a research article is important for academic recognition. Scientific research and collaboration is now a global…
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Dinosaurs The Open Access Dinosaurs of 2015Read more
The use of open access publishing in dinosaur paleontology has seen great growth over the past few years, particularly for newly named…
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Synthetic Biology SynBio is BoomingRead more
In this third part of our review of 2015, sourced from synthetic biology community, we cover five aspects that relate to developments in…
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PLOS ONE Vampire Giraffe Deer Beasts: What Are Palaeomerycids, Exactly?Read more
If you eat red meat, you’ve probably eaten a ruminant. This group of hoofed mammals includes our domesticated cattle and sheep, as…
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Conservation When Biology and Policy are Moving Targets: The complex case of a potential success storyRead more
Listing and delisting of species under the endangered species act (ESA) is a delicate political and scientific dance that can play out…
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post Social media etiquette at academic conferencesRead more
In today’s society, social media and social networking are almost universal. While some colleagues both old and young eschew Facebook, Twitter, and…
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Alt-Metrics Digital Identifiers Improve Recognition and Credit: ORCIDRead more
Connectivity and integrated data are moving ahead as the best minds in metadata, digital identifiers and networked discovery collaborate to ensure that…
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Conservation China leads the way: Intercropping for ecological and economic efficiency in agricultureRead more
Photo of maize intercropped with cowpea (above) – International Institute of Tropical Ag (Creative Commons License) Creating a sustainable agricultural system is…
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post The Decade of the Connectome: An Interview with Connectomics Founder Olaf SpornsRead more
By Micah Allen This post marks the first of my new interview series “Connecting the Dots: Big Thinkers in Cognitive Neuroscience”. Last…
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Dinosaurs A tiny start for the giant SaurolophusRead more
Gigantic skeletons of dinosaurs often draw the biggest crowds at museums, but the elusive remains of baby dinosaurs are breathtaking in their…