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Extra, Extra! PLOS ONE in the News in 2018

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Eileen Clancy

PLOS ONE humpback whale song and shipping noise0000-0001-9565-7985To celebrate the New Year we thought it’d be fun to take a look back at some of the fascinating and diverse PLOS ONE articles that made headlines around the world in 2018. Let’s dive

Posted in Fun, Media Highlight, openaccess

The Winner of the PLOS ONE Tenth Anniversary T-Shirt Design Contest Is…

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Allison Hawxhurst

PLOS ONE is delighted to announce that “10 Hexagons for 10 Years” is the winner of our Tenth Anniversary T-Shirt Design Contest.   Congratulations to Laurence Garric, a postdoc in the Bakkers group at the

Posted in 10th Anniversary, Fun, openaccess, PLoS ONE, t-shirt, winner

Announcing the PLOS ONE Tenth Anniversary T-Shirt Design Contest – enter by June 30

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Allison Hawxhurst

Do you have a great image in your PLOS ONE article or an original design that is representative of the journal? Send it to us!   Email your design to plosone10@plos.org by Friday, June 30,

Posted in 10th Anniversary, Aggregators, Creative re-use, Fun, openaccess

A Happy Lab Rat? Check the Ears!

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Ada Tong

Rat EarsWhat do you think of when you hear the term “lab rat”? Chances are, you might not picture an animal happily playing rough-and-tumble with a human handler and then coming back for more. Scientists have

Posted in Fun, Images, openaccess, Worth A Thousand Words

Winter Wonderland: Life in the Cold

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Gina Alvino

MountainsWith much of the Northern Hemisphere in the midst of winter, the long dark nights make for a perfect opportunity to stay in and catch up on some winter related research published in PLOS ONE

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PLOS ONE’s Spookiest Papers of 2016

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Eileen Clancy

PLOS ONE mummiesThis Halloween season we take a look back at some of the spookiest images and creepiest findings that we published in PLOS ONE in 2016. Creepy, weird, skin-crawling, or just plain gross – we hope you

Posted in Featured Image, Fun, Images, openaccess, Social Media

Read All About it: PLOS ONE in the News

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Kayla Graham

Polar_Bear_AdF Polar Bear jumping, in Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway. Arturo de Frias Marques[Above image: Polar Bear jumping, in Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway. Arturo de Frias Marques, Wikimedia] This December, the Press team is reflecting on some of the PLOS ONE articles covered in the news in 2015.

Posted in ants, article-level metrics, dinosaurs, ecology, Featured Image, fossils, Fun, Images, Media, media coverage, Media Roundup, openaccess, paleontology, PLoS ONE, polar bears

If You Give a Monkey a Cookie: Research Suggests Giving Causes a “Warm Glow”

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Marianne Olney-Hamel

Hands holding a gift box isolated on black backgroundWhile the end-of-year holidays are meant to be a time of gratitude and love, many of us know that they can also be stressful. Holiday shopping can be especially anxiety-provoking—between agonizing over which color sweater

Posted in Child Behavior, children, Fun, Gift, Giving, happiness, Holiday, Internet/Blogging, Open Access, openaccess

A New Fossil Lace Bug with Unusual Antennae Joins the “Big” Club

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Charlotte Bhaskar

19177990729_12923ec943_zHave you ever seen a lace bug? Don’t let their pretty name fool you—even though they’re dainty as a doily, they’re tough little bugs. You may have encountered lace bugs in your garden or on

Posted in antenna, Eocene, fossil, Fun, Images, Internet/Blogging, lace bug, male-male competition, openaccess, paleontology, sexual selection, Worth A Thousand Words

Heads Up! Earliest Decapitation Case Found In Brazil

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Charlotte Bhaskar

skull_crop    Heads were rolling in the Americas much earlier than previously thought. A recently published study in PLOS ONE  uncovers a case of ritual decapitation that took place over 9000 years ago, in the

Posted in beheading, death, decapitation, Fun, openaccess, ritual, skull, Worth A Thousand Words

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