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Darwin’s Tangled Bank in Verse
Editor’s note: PLOS Biology is delighted to post this ode to nature on behalf of PLOS cofounder Mike Eisen. The title page of the 1859 edition of Darwin’s Origin. My daughter has to memorize a poem for...
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The Birth of the Ecosystem within Us
When Chana Palmer started collecting baby poop from new mothers in 2006, few outside the halls of academia had heard anything about “microbiomes” in the environment let alone the thriving microbial...
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The First Individual Genome: One Is the Loneliest Number
When Craig Venter published the complete sequence of his genome in PLOS Biology in 2007, in some ways, it was old news. Though Venter didn’t admit it until he left Celera as president in 2002, many...
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Naïve, Crazy Idealists Make Good
Ten years ago this month, PLOS ventured into the world of scientific publishing by launching its flagship journal, PLOS Biology. When Harold Varmus, Pat Brown, and Michael Eisen founded PLOS in 2000,...
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Toward True Public Engagement in Science
As California struggles with a measles epidemic brought on by vaccine-refusing parents and surveys reveal that 80 percent of Americans support mandatory labeling on foods that contain DNA, it might...
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New Charges of Climate Skeptic’s Undisclosed Ties to Energy Industry...
In theory, it shouldn’t matter where authors of scientific papers get their research funding, a longtime journal editor once told me. Papers should be judged on their own merits, not based on who...
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Rethinking Lion Conservation
When an American dentist killed a beloved African lion named Cecil last summer, the world responded with outrage. In this episode of the PLOS Biology podcast, Liza Gross explores the issue of sport...
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Beyond investing: Making global health a reality for all
Every year, some 10 million people die from diseases that disproportionately affect the world’s poorest people. These deaths could be avoided, argue leading global health experts in a new PLOS...
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Making the Case for Basic Research
Scientists stuck on the grant-seeking treadmill may find comfort in the results of a recent report from the National Science Foundation. Eighty-five percent of Americans agreed in a 2014 survey that...
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Slice of PLOS: Psychedelics in the Lab and Clinic: Making Up for Lost Time
Mounting research suggests that psychedelics, used in a controlled psychotherapy setting, have the potential to alleviate conditions that don’t respond to conventional drugs and therapy and may help...
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PLOS Biology Explores Gaps between Environmental Health Science and Policy
Donald Trump had been president less than a week when he vowed to slash regulations by 75 percent. Within two weeks of taking office he’d ordered agencies to rescind two regulations for every new rule.
View ArticleFarewell and thank you, Georgina
It’s unusual to find both genius and humility in a scientist. It’s even more unusual for a legendary leader in a field to selflessly help others leave their own mark on the same field. Georgina Mace,...
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