Share On Science Blogs
Search On Science Blogs
-
Recent Network posts
- Ancient DNA Gets Older and Multiple Births Get Bigger December 6, 2013
- Post Removed: Yet More On Sexual Harassment November 15, 2013
- More on Sexual Harassment. Also, Billions of Earth-like Planets November 8, 2013
- Peer review at PubMed Commons. Also, more on marijuana November 1, 2013
- Human Evolution at Dmanisi, plus More Scandal and Gossip in Science Blogging October 25, 2013
Latest Network comments
- Well that has occurred, and a large numbe... by andrew adams in All Models Are Wrong
- I didn't report every detail of the meeti... by Tamsin Edwards in All Models Are Wrong
- P.S. Of course there are discussions to b... by Tamsin Edwards in All Models Are Wrong
- 1. ‘Communication... by Tamsin Edwards in All Models Are Wrong
- 1. People have a fini... by Tamsin Edwards in All Models Are Wrong
- “It seems clear that no one can know ex... by Ulric Lyons in All Models Are Wrong
- Climategate. See, for instance htt... by Latimer Alder in All Models Are Wrong
- What sort of a grant should I apply to th... by Latimer Alder in All Models Are Wrong
- Yep, Tamsin, an accusation of large-scale... by Steve Bloom in All Models Are Wrong
- Re "Scientists have little training" - es... by David L. Hagen in All Models Are Wrong
About
PLOS Archived Blogs
PLOS Blogosphere
PLOS Blogs Network
- All Models Are Wrong
- At the Interface
- CitizenSci
- DNA Science Blog
- Integrative Paleontologists
- Mind the Brain
- MIT SciWrite
- Neuroanthropology
- NeuroTribes
- Obesity Panacea
- On Science Blogs
- Public Health
- Sci-Ed
- The Gleaming Retort
- The Guest Blog
- The Panic Virus
- The Student Blog
- Translational Global Health
PLOS Staff Blogs
Latest News from NASW- Different writers on the same stories December 8, 2013Here's an instructive post from Nieman Storyboard that compares ledes on a half-dozen stories as written by two or more different writers. They include four takes on the sinking of the Bounty in Hurricane Sandy; two approaches to the Steubenville rape case; four versions of the 2011 Zanesville exotic animal hunt; three variations on the West, Texas, fer […]cybrarian
- Non-shocking news about ancient DNA December 7, 2013Tabitha M. Powledge returns to her weekly science blogs roundup with a piece about a Spanish cave that has yielded the oldest human DNA yet found — along with some thoughts about why the news media keeps treating such discoveries as a big surprise: "These discoveries seem surprising in part because many of us are still in the grip of a now-untenable ide […]cybrarian
- Breaking up with a literary agent December 6, 2013Joanna Penn discusses the etiquette of severing your ties with a literary agent, and points out the pitfalls that can arise from a messy breakup: "There are stories of acrimonious break-ups that still involve money many years later. Earlier this year, Harper Lee sued her agent for depriving her of royalties." Penn also links to tips on selecting ag […]cybrarian
- On Katie Couric's HPV vaccine slant December 5, 2013She may be the nation's best-known TV newswoman, but Katie Couric's episode Wednesday on the HPV vaccine is being attacked for an anti-vaccine bias. Here's Slate's Amanda Marcotte: "Couric spent a half-hour of her show drumming up fears that the vaccine will make you very ill or even kill you." At Forbes, Matthew Herper dissects […]cybrarian
- Matthew Bettelheim: Sardis and Stamm December 4, 2013Matthew Bettelheim teamed up with illustrator Nicole M. Wong to write a children’s book about the Lange’s metalmark butterfly, an endangered species found only in one California wildlife refuge. In 1999, the peak butterfly count in a single day totaled 2,342; in 2012, the daily count peaked at 32. Writing the book in verse proved challenging, Bettelheim says […]llamberg
- Different writers on the same stories December 8, 2013