PLOSBLOGS Network would like to welcome a new team of accomplished science writers who will be taking on the leadership of this blog…
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Collaboration between scientists Can you define ‘punctuated equilibrium’ (in one sentence)? A reboot for #SciCommPLOS
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Collaboration between scientists Celebrating 100 weeks of PLOS #SciWed AMAs with #SciComm & Climate Change Chat
Ask PLOS ONE authors Kaitlin Raimi, Paul Stern, and Alex Maki about science communication strategies to convey climate change impacts – the…
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Collaboration between scientists The Time is Right for Assertive Science: Scicomm in the Age of Trump
How ecologists and climate scientists can overcome despair and constructively respond to the installation of a climate denier as US president. What is…
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Collaboration between scientists Using ‘real life’ analogies to get past scientific uncertainty on climate change
Guest post by Rose Hendricks Many people still treat global warming as a contentious political issue, instead of one backed by scientific…
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Collaboration between scientists Where did science go last year? PLOSBLOGS’ top 16 in 2016
Certain science categories and subjects dominate the content of our PLOS Blogs Network. Among these, basic research and its clinical translation, critically endangered creatures…
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Collaboration between scientists New roles for science blogs in shifting sci-pub landscape: Paige Jarreau scrubs data from 2016 PLOSBLOGS Reader Survey
By Paige Jarreau Dr. Paige Jarreau is a science communication researcher and freelance science writer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2016…
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Collaboration between scientists Pseudonyms in Science: Neuroskeptic speaks to Neurocritic, Dr Primestein and Neurobonkers
By Neuroskeptic 20 March 2016 Over the past decade, science blogs have risen to become an important part of science communication and…
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Collaboration between scientists Lay summaries, supplements, primers: Scientists (and journals) strive to make science accessible to public (and each other)
By Erica Tennenhouse With the rapid pace of scientific advancement, it can be challenging for members of the public to stay informed…
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Collaboration between scientists Your Top 15 in ’15: Most popular on PLOS BLOGS Network
By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor With 2.3 million visitors reading more than 600 new posts on PLOS…
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Collaboration between scientists Science vs. Poetry by Sam Illingworth
By Sam Illingworth The estrangement between poetry and science can be traced back to 320 BC, when Aristotle laid down in his…
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Collaboration between scientists The Future of Science Lies in an Understanding of Our Past
By Cameron Neylon — Boyle’s Law in a Networked World When we talk about scholarly communication, we are almost always talking of…
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Collaboration between scientists A ‘Facebook for Science’? Neuroskeptic talks with Brett Buttliere
In this guest post, PLOS Neuro Community Contributing Editor, Neuroskeptic, discusses a novel proposal for simplifying and improving the dissemination of scientific research, using…