Diverse perspectives on science and medicine
By Jonathan Kimmelman Sometimes the life sciences work fantastically, as when insights into fundamental processes are transformed into life-saving treatments. Other times the scientific process flops: false claims take on a life of
by Arthur Caplan A scientist named He Jiankui at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, shocked the world on November 25 when he announced — via YouTube — that he
by Andrew Read Yale professor Steve Stearns once warned that the transition from Young Turk to Old Turkey happens quickly. He was right. Being an Old Turkey has challenges, not least that you
0000-0001-8082-3223 April was a truly diverse month at PLOS Biology. This month we are talking about gravity-defying fungi, representation of endangered species in the media, gender gaps and information gaps in scientific research and why
By Julie McMurry, Lilly Winfree, Melissa Haendel This is a guest post by three of the authors of a recent PLOS Biology article, discussed here. All three authors are at the Department of
What happens if you like a study, but find the way that the authors have chosen to present their data unintuitive or unhelpful (or even just not pretty enough)? Last month we published an
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 neuroscientists interrogate the neural basis of consciousness, by using advanced imaging techniques to map changes in brain activity and chemistry to altered perception, moods and perspective.
0000-0002-2557-6204Hopefully you know already about the PLOS partnership with protocols.io; if you don’t, PLOS announced this almost exactly a month ago. What we didn’t tell you then was that PLOS Biology had been trialling a
The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) was launched on April 6th, 2017. Over the course of about 6 months, the initiative has made a large fraction of the citation data that link all scholarship
Ever wondered how a laboratory (or a scientific research department) should best manage its day-to-day operations? In a recently published PLOS Biology Community Page article, our Editorial Board member Ulrich Dirnagl and colleagues outline