There are more than 500 million people interacting with Facebook from countries all over the world every single day, and that number…
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The Student Blog Is Facebook making you sad? Research evaluating social media use and impacts on mental well-being inconclusiveRead more
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PLoS Pathogens and Defense: Speakers recap from the 6th EMBO MeetingRead more
By Meredith Wright From September 5-8, scientists converged on Birmingham, UK for the 6th European Molecular Biology Organization Meeting. EMBO is an…
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Better surveillance and improved sampling tactics of wild animal populations could impact public healthRead more
What do Ebola, rabies and bovine tuberculosis have in common? The answer is that they are all zoonotic diseases, which are diseases…
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Global Health 9-2-15 PLOS Science Wednesday AMA Preview: River blindness programs improve health outcomes: Evidence for increased prioritization of NTDs in post-2015 global health agendaRead more
River blindness (onchocerciasis) is an onerous neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the second-leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Onchocerciasis is transmitted by…
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The Student Blog Climate Capital: Assessing the hidden value of coastal ecosystemsRead more
Measuring the fiscal value of ecosystems Ecosystems provide both direct and indirect services to the environment. Direct services are the ones we…
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Bacteria Legionnaire’s in 2015: Cutting Edge Research Clashing with Public Health UnpreparednessRead more
By Meredith Wright In 1976, the American Legion, a veterans group still active today, met in Philadelphia, PA for a three-day convention…
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The Student Blog In “My Virtual Dream”, art and science unite in unique study of neurofeedbackRead more
In 2013, art and science merged like never before at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche art festival when guests were given the opportunity to participate in…
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The Student Blog Seeing like a computer: What neuroscience can learn from computer scienceRead more
By Marta Kryven What do computers and brains have in common? Computers are made to solve the same problems that brains solve…
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The Student Blog Using Modern Human Genetics to Study Ancient PhenomenaRead more
By Emma Whittington We humans are obsessed with determining our origins, hoping to reveal a little of “who we are” in the…
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Academia Three simple tips to survive grant writingRead more
Like any field, working in research has its ups and downs. Ask any scientist and they will likely identify the opportunity to…
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The Student Blog Snark-Hunters Once More: Rejuvenating the Comparative Approach in Modern NeuroscienceRead more
By Jeremy Borniger 65 years ago, the famed behavioral endocrinologist Frank Beach wrote an article in The American Psychologist entitled ‘The Snark…
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Gaming Knowledge is where you find it: Leveraging the Internet’s unique data repositoriesRead more
By Chris Givens Sometimes, data doesn’t look like data. But when circumstances conspire and the right researchers come along, interesting facets of…