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!
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Announcement Is the p-value pointless?
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 Research
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 Two
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 Research
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 Gatekeeper
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?
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.
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 Biology
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 Biology
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 Biology
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 Biology
In PLOS Biology this week you can read about life without microbes, host-parasite coevolution, the temporal precision of distinguishing odours and how…