The skin is the human body’s largest organ. At 1.8 square meters for the average adult, skin covers about as much area…
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Biology Just Skin Deep — Your Immune System at the SurfaceRead more
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Academia Scientists Behaving Badly (On Social Media)Read more
By Brett Buttliere It is generally undisputed that Twitter and other social information exchange websites are changing the landscape of science and…
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The Student Blog The Journal: The Instrument that Shapes Science and AcademiaRead more
By Anna Gielas No matter whether you study medicine or biology, law or art, neuroscience or history — there is one instrument…
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Academia It’s time for universities to rethink what counts as field schoolRead more
By Liam Zachary Field school season is approaching for anthropology and earth science undergraduate students, and while some students have already enrolled…
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Global Health WHO will lead and who will pay? The World Health Organization, Ebola and the future of global healthRead more
By Andreas Vilhelmsson When the Ebola virus disease epidemic hit West Africa in late 2013, nobody could imagine that just a year…
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Neuroscience Reflections on using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to treat neuropsychiatric disordersRead more
By Daniel Albaugh One of my most fascinating experiences as a doctoral student of neuroscience began with an early morning trip to…
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The Student Blog Support Open Access publishing with the click of a buttonRead more
The Open Access Button is a web and mobile app that helps students, researchers, patients and the public get access to academic…
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The Student Blog Battling misinformation: The scientific consensus as a gateway belief for climate change and GMOsRead more
By Joseph Timpona Public debate on scientific topics is in no short supply. Though science recognizes the evidence validating evolution, genetically modified…
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Academia Re-launching the PLOS Student Blog & Introducing Travel Awards!Read more
Hi PLOS readers! My name is Sara Kassabian, and I am a Masters candidate in the Global Health Sciences program at University…
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Development Neglected Tropical Diseases: Challenges for the Post-2015 Development EraRead more
This article is being cross-listed with the Harvard graduate student publication Signal to Noise, Special Edition on Infectious Disease. Health equity is based…
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The Student Blog ISCB Student Council – Documenting the efforts of student organisation volunteersRead more
A guest post by: Geoff Macintyre, Thomas Abeel, Magali Michaut In July 2014 the International Society for Computational Biology Student Council will…
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The Student Blog Mechanization, Automation, and the Future of Biological ResearchRead more
Much like a bicycle leverages mechanical advantage to propel a person much faster and further than on his or her own, automation…