The Public Library of Science (PLOS) was founded in 2000 by biomedical scientists Harold E. Varmus, Patrick O. Brown and Michael Eisen for the purpose of granting open access to the public about scientific research papers. An open letter was sent to scientific publishers encouraging them to all distribution of their research literature through an on-line publication like the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central. In response to a less than receptive response, PLOS launched a nonprofit scientific and medical publishing venture in 2003. PLOS articles are available free on-line and appear immediately on the web site for no charge. PLOS received start-up funds from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundations and has received various other foundation endowments for their not for profit enterprise.
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Data on almost 57,000 people from 65 countries suggests that the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)—a widely used research tool—generally holds up well when applied across diverse groups of people, underscoring its potential ...
Social Sciences
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A new study suggests that countries with stronger commitments to protect the natural environment—regardless of national oil dependence or other economic interests—are more likely to see the establishment of counter climate ...
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2025
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A study of 10 British motherhood influencers suggests they often deliberately share pictures of their children on Instagram, with strong trust in the safety of doing so. Katherine Baxter of Liverpool Hope University, U.K., ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2025
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In a study of characters from the Marvel and DC cinematic universes, the amount of potentially traumatic events a character experienced in childhood—as measured by a real-life questionnaire—had no bearing on whether they ...
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2025
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Across 28 countries in Africa, armed conflict within 25 kilometers of a female primary school student's household is associated with a reduction in schooling of 0.38 years by the time she reaches adolescence—while male ...
Education
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An analysis of the nine top players in the U.S. fossil fuel-derived hydrocarbon industries (oil/gas, plastics, and agrichemicals) shows tight linkages across the three different sectors, with news media, other petrochemical ...
Economics & Business
Jan 15, 2025
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Andean bears carefully select the best foraging locations and plants to maximize nutrition and avoid livestock, according to a study published December 18, 2024, in PLOS ONE by Nicholas Pilfold at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2024
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A research group led by Johannes Müller at the Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, at Kiel University, Germany, have shed light on the lives of people who lived over 5,600 years ago near Kosenivka, Ukraine.
Archaeology
Dec 11, 2024
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German survey respondents rated images of tattooed models as less beautiful than images of the same models with no tattoos. However, younger people, tattoo artists and those with body art tolerated more ink, according to ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2024
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The fungus that causes coffee wilt disease repeatedly took up segments of DNA from a related fungal pathogen, which contributed to successive outbreaks of the disease. Lily Peck of Imperial College London, U.K., reports these ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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