The landscape of science is always shifting and in the last ten years we’ve seen a significant change brought by revolutionary discoveries…
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Announcement Why Your Research Matters!Read more
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Announcement Is the p-value pointless?Read more
For the first time in its 177-year history, the American Statistical Association (ASA) has voiced its opinion and made specific recommendations for…
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Advocacy Meta-Research: Getting the Most Out of ResearchRead more
Scientific research, often portrayed as the acme of human rigorous thought, is actually an activity that’s grown rather organically over the centuries…
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Debate Post Removed by PLOS – The Fight Over Transparency: Round TwoRead more
Statement from PLOS: PLOS Blogs is, and will continue to be, a forum that allows scientists to debate controversial topics. However, given…
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Debate Suffering for Science: Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Animal ResearchRead more
Think for a moment, if you will, of all the chemicals that you conscientiously and unconsciously are exposed to everyday. Banal, daily-life…
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Advocacy New Charges of Climate Skeptic’s Undisclosed Ties to Energy Industry Highlight Journals’ Role as GatekeeperRead more
In theory, it shouldn’t matter where authors of scientific papers get their research funding, a longtime journal editor once told me. Papers…
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Advocacy Any Questions about our Data Policy?Read more
by PLOS Biology, PLOS Genetics and PLOS Computational Biology Publication is the end of one journey, but the beginning of another (longer)…
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Funding A Crisis at NCRIS – Australia’s Science Infrastructure under Threat.Read more
by Ginny Barbour (updated March 16th – see foot of post) There’s a high-stakes game of chicken currently being played out in…
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Biology This week in PLOS BiologyRead more
In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about a fundamental step in the making of plant oils and the pitfalls of…
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Biology This week in PLOS BiologyRead more
In this bumper week for PLOS Biology, you can read about bat navigation, transmission of longevity, new neurons for old brains, how…
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Biology This week in PLOS BiologyRead more
In PLOS Biology this week you can read about modelling Ebola containment measures, a conceptual framework for IPBES, and new insights into…
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Biology This week in PLOS BiologyRead more
In PLOS Biology this week you can read about life without microbes, host-parasite coevolution, the temporal precision of distinguishing odours and how…