By: Franjo Ivankovic Biology and Anthropology, University of Florida According to the survey conducted by the Oklahoma State University this January, as…
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post Bringing student-driven genetics education to the university campusRead more
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post Oliver Sacks on Cancer, Vision and Science: Revisiting his 2010 InterviewRead more
When I was an undergraduate studying Cognitive Science, a professor sent out a short list of recommended reading. Neurologist Oliver Sacks’s The…
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post FMRI under the Microscope: An interview with MRI Physicist PractiCal fMRIRead more
By Emilie Reas, PLOS Neuroscience Community Editor Since its development in the early 1990’s, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has grown in…
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post T-Shirt Design Winner Prashanth Suravajhala Contemplates Hypothetical ProteinsRead more
Prashanth Suravajhala, a biologist and bioinformatician, stared down the Brucella and human genomes and wondered whether the vast swaths of non-coding regions…
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post The neuroscience of relationships: toward naturalistic interactive neuroimagingRead more
By Erin Yeagle Most of us don’t think twice about the fact that experimental conditions in neuroscience and psychology rarely mirror the…
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post How Psychology and Neuroscience Get Sex and Gender Wrong : Neuroskeptic Goes In-Depth with Cordelia FineRead more
Has neuroscience proven that men and women are born different? Or are male brains and female brains mostly similar? Is there even…
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post #PLOSNeuro #SfN14 Highlights: Food for Thought: Tastes, Aromas, and Memories of Food, Bryan Voltaggio, by Lina JamisRead more
By Lina Jamis Bryan Voltaggio is not a neuroscientist. At least not by traditional standards. But his intimate understanding of the way…
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post Moving Beyond Left Brain, Right Brain, Neuroskeptic goes in-depth with Michael CorballisRead more
By Neuroskeptic “Are you a left brain or a right brain person?” The idea that the logical left half of our brain…
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post Ethics, Morals and Regulation: Proactive Thinking at iGEMRead more
One of the primary points of emphasis at iGEM is encouraging teams to think about the consequences of their science. As part…
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post From the Desk of Aakriti Jain, New Community EditorRead more
Hey Everyone! My name is Aakriti Jain and I am the newest Community Editor for the PLOS Synthetic Biology site. I am…
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post Nothing spooky about decoding telepathy: a lesson in the value of open science by Micah AllenRead more
Telepathy seems to be all the rage among neuroscientists these days. Here, Micah Allen, from University College London, who blogs and tweets…
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post Pseudo-poo! All that glitters isn’t fecal goldRead more
Fossil feces are the stuff of legend. Not only do they have the “gee-whiz-gross” factor, but they also preserve evidence of diet…