We’ve all heard the story: dim-witted Neanderthals couldn’t quite keep up with our intelligent modern human ancestors, leading to their eventual downfall…
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Worth A Thousand Words Modern Humans: Were We Really Better than Neanderthals, or Did We Just Get Lucky?Read more
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Author Spotlight Satellite Telemetry Uncovers the Tracks of Tiny Ocean GiantsRead more
The pygmy blue whale, cousin to the more well-known Antarctic blue whale, has an enigmatic history. Pygmy blue whales dwell in vast…
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Fun Linking Isolated Languages: Linguistic Relationships of the CarabayoRead more
Like PLOS ONE, the English language is rapidly taking over the world (we kid). In 2010, English clocked in at over 360…
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Aggregators For Yeast’s Sake: The Benefits of Eating Cheese, Chocolate, and WineRead more
Yeast—including more than 1500 species that make up 1% of all known fungi—plays an important role in the existence of many of…
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Aggregators Beating the Odds: Are Goats Better Gamers than Sheep?Read more
We’re all familiar with the shell game, though many may not recognize it by that name. Popular with street swindlers and sports…
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Aggregators Awl be Darned: Metal Arrived in the Southern Levant Long Before Previously ThoughtRead more
The Copper Age, sometimes referred to as the Chalcolithic period, was a time of technological transition for humans. As stone tools gave…
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Peer review Meta-Analyses of Genetic Association Studies – PLOS ONE’s ApproachRead more
Meta-analysis can be a powerful way to reveal otherwise hidden or unclear associations, when done with care. In line with recent trends…
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Aggregators Squirrels – Nut Sleuths or Just Nuts?Read more
Crazed squirrels: we’ve all seen them. Some dashing toward you only to stop short long enough to glare with beady eyes before…
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Images A Disease of Considerable Antiquity: Cancer Detected in a Nubian SkeletonRead more
Cancer, the transformation of normal cells into malignant tumor cells, reigns among diseases as one of the leading causes of death around…
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Aggregators There is No Real but the Real You Feel: New “Marble-Hand” Illusion Changes Perception of BodyRead more
It behooves us for our brains to have a solid working knowledge of our bodies: to know where our limbs are, what…
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Aggregators 3000 Years Ago, We Were What We AteRead more
For many of us, moving to a new house means recruiting a couple good friends to help pack and haul boxes. After…
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Aggregators PLOS’ New Data Policy: Part TwoRead more
The past couple of weeks have led to an extraordinary outpouring of discussions on open data and its place in scientific publishing…