By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor With 2.3 million visitors reading more than 600 new posts on PLOS BLOGS Network over the past year, this last week of 2015 seems a goodCategory Archives: History of Public Health
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By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor With 2.3 million visitors reading more than 600 new posts on PLOS BLOGS Network over the past year, this last week of 2015 seems a goodPosted by in #SfN15, Absolutely Maybe, Collaboration between scientists, DNA Science, drug prices, EveryOne, featured, History of Public Health, medically unexplained symptoms, Mind the Brain, Obesity Panacea, PLoS Biologue, plos biology, PLOS BLOGS Network, PLoS Medicine, PLOS Neuro, PLOS One, PLOS Paleo, Public Health Perspectives, Public science communication, scicomm, science communication, Science Writing, sciwriters, Victoria Costello
Pumas, Wolves, and Eagles, Oh My! Early Captive Carnivore Remains Found in Ancient Mexican Ruins
From Roman gladiatorial combat to Egyptian animal mummies, capturing and manipulating wild carnivores has long been a way for humans to demonstrate state or individual power. Historians and scientists alike have attempted to determine whenPumas, Wolves, and Eagles, Oh My! Early Captive Carnivore Remains Found in Ancient Mexican Ruins
From Roman gladiatorial combat to Egyptian animal mummies, capturing and manipulating wild carnivores has long been a way for humans to demonstrate state or individual power. Historians and scientists alike have attempted to determine whenGenes That Protect Against Dementia (Maybe)
“Survival of the fittest” is one of the most misunderstood terms in biology. Evoking images of physical prowess, it actually refers to an individual inheriting traits that increase the chances of having fertile offspring, suchThe Sexual Transmission of Ebola: Scicomm as a matter of life and death – Pt 2 of 2
By Ida Jooste, Internews “The resurgence of Ebola in Liberia in late June 2015, seven weeks after the country had been declared Ebola free, put a spotlight on how the disease is transmitted, and brought theMajority of Americans agree that anthropogenic climate change is happening: will we be fairly represented in Paris?
Image credit: Mikael Miettinen (creative commons license) By Sasha Wright, Mary Seeburger, and Willa Tsokanis This week I invited my FIT students, Mary Seeburger and Willa Tsokanis, to co-write a piece with me about education, publicSocial stress messes up the hippocampus
How do you feel when you are stuck in a traffic jam for hours? Or when you are late for a flight? Or when you are waiting at the university hall to pass an exam?Religion and Climate Change in Austrailia
Understanding how religion informs our attitudes and views on the environment and climate change is a complicated proposition. However, in light of this week’s COP21 talks in Paris, it as an interesting and necessary topic of conversation.Posted by in #SfN15, climate change, cop21, ecology, featured, History of Public Health, medically unexplained symptoms, Religion
Author Interview: Justin Adams on a New Digital Fossil Archive (Part 2)
False-color image of the fossil baboon Papio angusticeps, from Adams et al. 2015. CC-BY. Yesterday, we started an interview with Justin Adams, senior author on a recent PLOS ONE paper discussing a newly available set of 3DDoes this dinosaur make me look fat?
Body mass is probably the most important physiological features for all animals. It corresponds strongly with a range of life features, including metabolic and growth rates, population density, diet and dietary strategy, locomotion style and