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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Announcement Is the p-value pointless?Read more
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Data Anaesthesia Response, Controlling Cas9, and How to Use Github: the PLOS Comp Biol January IssueRead more
Here are our highlights from the PLOS Computational Biology January issue: Brain Connectivity Dissociates Responsiveness from Drug Exposure during Propofol-Induced Transitions…
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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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Cell biology Cell Volume, Self-Organisation, and Escher: the PLOS Comp Biol August IssueRead more
Here are our highlights from August’s PLOS Computational Biology The Role of Cell Volume in the Dynamics of Seizure, Spreading Depression, and…
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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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Biology The ethics of big data: Focus FeatureRead more
Written by Jason Papin, Deputy-Editor-in-Chief for PLOS Computational Biology There has been a recent explosion of big data due to the development…
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Biology Media response: forecasting diseases using WikipediaRead more
“It’s a perfect mix of exciting science, modern everyday technology, and public health.” Dr Marcel Salathé Many of us use Wikipedia solely as…
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Biology This week in PLOS BiologyRead more
In PLOS Biology this week, you can read research articles about the regulation of glial cell activation, zinc regulation in E. coli…
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Advocacy This week in PLOS BiologyRead more
In PLOS Biology this week, you can read about access to research data, regulation of cell asymmetry and septum formation in Caulobacter, and…
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Biology Why Do Scientists Ignore Female Genitalia?Read more
Humans have an odd attitude to genitalia. Indeed, more than 90% of you are reading this blog post merely because I put…
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Biology Understanding allostery, constructing structural pathways and exploring a new trend in data integration: the PLOS Comp Biol February issueRead more
Here’s our pick of the best PLOS Computational Biology content for February. The capacity of biological molecular data acquisition is growing faster…
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Biology Opening Up Data Access, Not Just ArticlesRead more
For those who’ve been paying attention, you’ll have noticed that we just published an interesting Perspective in PLOS Biology from Dominique Roche…