As a twenty year-old student, I realize that global climate change, and the way that we react to it, will most likely…
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The Student Blog Science and Activism: Stronger TogetherRead more
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The Student Blog Bridging the Gap Between Undergraduate Education and ResearchRead more
This is the first weekly student post on our relaunched PLOS Student Blog. Read about the blog’s purpose and scope on SciEd…
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The Student Blog Spare Some Change for ScienceRead more
Whether the scientific establishment likes it or not, science is changing. Opportunities available to scientists now are becoming increasingly scarce, and, as…
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The Student Blog Why Science Journal Paywalls Have to GoRead more
A guest post by student scientist Jack Andraka After a close family friend died from pancreatic cancer, I turned to the Internet…
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The Student Blog Philosophical advice on ‘magic crystals’ and talking back to psuedoscienceRead more
“So Beth had this amazing thing, where she went to this guy who sorted her back out,” my mum is saying, “he…
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The Student Blog The student voice in the debate over UK Doctoral Training CentresRead more
In the academic year 2011-12 the EPSRC, a UK science funding council, pulled funding for about a third of the physical science…
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The Student Blog The geekiest practical joke ever?Read more
I was once asked to pick my ‘ultimate chemistry hero’ for a series on great scientists. It was a hard decision &ndash…
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The Student Blog Automatic chemistryRead more
PLOS is pleased to relaunch its Student Blog with this post from Joshua Howgego, a chemistry grad currently in the Science Communications…