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Global Research Advancing Open Science in Africa – three organizations collaborate to implement open science principles in seven partner states
May 3, 2022 By PLOS

PLOS Biologue

Open access In conversation with PLOS Biology experimental psychology authors Jacqueline Scholl and Nils Kolling
April 1, 2022 By Lindsay Morton

EveryONE

Interviews Interviews with the lab protocol community — insights from an Academic Editor and a reviewer
April 25, 2022 By Jianhong Zhou

Latitude

Climate Change Don’t forget the socks!
May 10, 2022 By Jamie Males

Speaking of Medicine and Health

Global Health PLOS Global Public Health, charting a new path towards equity, diversity and inclusion in global health
June 14, 2021 By PLOS
Global Health 6 months TB treatment for (almost) all
May 10, 2022 By PLOS Global Public Health

PLOS Collections

Medicine & Health Sciences IWANN Special Collection 2019: Deep Learning Models in Healthcare and Biomedicine
September 9, 2020 By PLOS Collections
Earth & Environmental Sciences How the COVID-19 pandemic is teaching us to tackle the climate crisis
August 18, 2020 By PLOS Collections
Medicine & Health Sciences Understanding childbirth as a complex salutogenic phenomenon: the EU COST BIRTH Action Special Collection
July 29, 2020 By PLOS Collections
Medicine & Health Sciences Introducing the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Special Collection
July 27, 2020 By PLOS Collections

INDEPENDENT BLOGS

Absolutely Maybe

History Early Ukrainian Women Scientists: Part 3 – From Birds to Math, Space, & Plants in Space
April 29, 2022 By Hilda Bastian

DNA Science

Post 17 Timepoints When a Human Life Might Begin, 2022 Version
May 5, 2022 By Ricki Lewis, PhD

All Models Are Wrong

aboutme What is success? COP26 and beyond
October 31, 2021 By Tamsin Edwards

PLOS ECR Community

Academia Predatory publishing 2.0: Why it is still a thing and what we can do about it
April 14, 2022 By Andreas Vilhelmsson

SciComm

Post Shattering My Implicit Bias Against the STEM Learners in My Classroom
May 11, 2022 By billsullivan

Your Say

Covid-19 Research and Recovery
May 11, 2022 By PLOS