- The world of politics is stressing Americans out and may be negatively impacting their health, according to findings from a new study published in PLOS One. https://www.psypost.org/2022/02/new-research-suggests-a-startling-number-of-americans-have-contemplated-suicide-because-of-politics-62452 1202 comments science
- People often have mixed feelings about a topic and can simultaneously see both the positive and negative sides of things. But new research, published in PLOS One, suggests that professional pollsters are failing to account for this ambivalence in their assessment of political attitudes. https://www.psypost.org/2021/06/new-study-suggests-ambivalence-may-have-played-a-role-in-trumps-2016-victory-but-pollsters-missed-it-61186 15 comments science
- "Smoker's Face," a condition where smokers look older than they are, is just one of many negative effects caused by heavy tobacco usage, finds a new study in PLOS Genetics, with a new finding of more rapid facial aging, based on an analysis across 18,000 traits in the UK Biobank. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/p-hsc102319.php 11 comments science
- In a new study published in PLoS One, researchers examining the remains of over 140 children and 200 llamas found in northern Peru have determined that their sacrifice was the only way this culture could think of to stop a climatic event we now call El Niño. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211691 3 comments science
- Chimpanzees and bonobos are distinct species—they separated a couple of million years ago—but many of their gestures are understood by both species and require little translation, according to new research in PLOS One. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bonobos-chimpanzees-gesture-meanings 3 comments science
- 75 percent of the flying insect biomass in Germany has disappeared over the last 27 years, according to a study in PLOS One. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleno/50673/title/germany-sees-drastic-decrease-in-insects/ 141 comments science
- PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi reddit, I’m Ben Halpern and my PLOS ONE study investigates the health of the ocean of 220 coastal countries and territories worldwide – Ask Me Anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/6sl6d6/plos_science_wednesday_hi_reddit_im_ben_halpern/ 24 comments science
- PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi reddit, I’m Neus and the results of my PLOS Pathogens study show that one influenza virus may protect against later infections caused by other viruses of different subtypes in mallard ducks – Ask Me Anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/6o81t0/plos_science_wednesday_hi_reddit_im_neus_and_the/ 90 comments science
- Waist-to-height ratio more accurate than BMI or waist-to-hip ratio in identifying obesity, new study by Leeds Beckett University shows, published in PLOS ONE. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177175 78 comments science
- PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi Reddit, it’s PLOS Ecology Community Editor Jeff Atkins joined by the five Ecology Reporting Fellows, and we’re answering questions from #ESA2016 about a ONE article modeling anthropogenic impacts on California wildfires – Ask Us Anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4x1tgn/plos_science_wednesday_hi_reddit_its_plos_ecology/ 33 comments science
- PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi Reddit, we’re Courtney Lane-Donovan and Joachim Herz, and in a PLOS ONE study we examined how a high-fat diet effects levels of ApoE isoforms in mice, which are known to impact Alzheimer’s risk – Ask Us Anything! https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4ri50j/plos_science_wednesday_hi_reddit_were_courtney/ 67 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Misperceiving Bullshit as Profound Is Associated with Favorable Views of Cruz, Rubio, Trump and Conservatism http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153419 4 comments politics
- Long-term use of ayahuasca, a psychedelic drink used medicinally by indigenous Amazon tribes, may have the potential to serve as the basis for treatments for anxiety disorders, according to a study on fear reactions in rats published in the journal PLoS ONE. http://www.psypost.org/2016/04/psychedelic-ayahuasca-help-us-better-understand-treat-anxiety-study-42223 59 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Our Faces in the Dog's Brain: Functional Imaging Reveals Temporal Cortex Activation during Perception of Human Faces http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/related?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0149431 3 comments cogsci
- PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi Reddit, we’re Ruã Daros, João Costa, Marina von Keyserlingk, Maria Hötzel, Heather Neave and Daniel Weary. We recently published a study in PLOS ONE that found dairy calves experience emotional effects when undergoing routine procedures, such dehorning – Ask Us Anything! https://www.ubc.ca/ 221 comments science
- PLOS Science Wednesday: We’re Nicholas Heintz, Brian Cunniff, and Kim Nelson, and we recently published a PLOS ONE study showing that selective targeting of two related antioxidant enzymes causes mesothelioma cancer cells to choke on their own oxidative exhaust – Ask Us Anything! http://www.uvm.edu/medicine/vtcancercenter/ 140 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Playing 20 Questions with the Mind: Collaborative Problem Solving by Humans Using a Brain-to-Brain Interface http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137303 3 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Basketball Teams as Strategic Networks. Analyzing 2010 NBA playoff teams' ball distribution and efficiency. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0047445 10 comments nba
- Horses Smile and Pout Just Like Humans, Study Says. Horse faces share some surprising similarities to human faces, shows a curious new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. http://time.com/3985988/horses-facial-expressions/ 61 comments science
- Ninety-five percent of women who have had abortions do not regret the decision to terminate their pregnancies, according to a study published last week in the multidisciplinary academic journal PLOS ONE. http://time.com/3956781/women-abortion-regret-reproductive-health/ 204 comments worldnews
- Memory problems? Could be all that trans fat you’re eating: A study published in PLOS ONE links worsened memory function to higher consumption of trans fatty acids. "On average, men ages 45 and younger recalled 86 words. But those who had the highest intake of trans fat recalled 12 fewer words." http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/06/17/memory-problems-could-be-all-that-trans-fat-youre-eating/ 30 comments science
- Drinking two to three cups of coffee every day could lower a man's risk of erectile dysfunction. This is according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/294250.php 6 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals a De Novo SHANK3 Mutation in Familial Autism Spectrum Disorder http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116358 4 comments science
- Remains of a necklace or bracelet made by Neanderthals have been found in Croatia. The artifacts, described in the latest issue of the journal PLOS ONE, add to the growing body of evidence that Neanderthals had their own rich culture and meaningful symbols long before Homo sapiens came to Europe. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119802 4 comments science
- A new analysis in PLoS ONE finds that female genitalia in the animal kingdom are massively understudied, which likely stems from aged sexual stereotypes. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/05/female_genitalia_are_cool_too.html 6 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Over the Hill at 24: Persistent Age-Related Cognitive-Motor Decline in Reaction Times in an Ecologically Valid Video Game Task Begins in Early Adulthood http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0094215 4 comments science
- Modern violent video games don't promote poor social behaviour (PLOS ONE) http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0068382 136 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Squeezing the Muscle: Compression Clothing and Muscle Metabolism during Recovery from High Intensity Exercise http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0060923 6 comments science
- PLOS ONE paper: Is Kindness Key to Happiness and Acceptance for Children? A scientifically flawed study with interesting conclusions http://www.scilogs.com/next_regeneration/is-kindness-key-to-happiness-and-acceptance-for-children/ 13 comments science
- "Dinosaurs were not only the largest animals to roam the Earth - they also had a greater number of larger species compared to all other back-boned animals - scientists suggest in a new paper published in the journal PLOS ONE today (Thursday 20 December [2012])." http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/88467.html 12 comments science
- Battle of the Sexes: How Women and Men See Things Differently. A new study published today in PLoS One finds that males and females actually view images in different ways. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/121130-gender-differences-eyes-science/ 9 comments science
- Dioxin causes disease, reproductive problems across generations. Writing in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers say dioxin administered to pregnant rats resulted in a variety of reproductive problems and disease in subsequent generations http://news.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?action=detail&publicationid=33053&typeid=1 3 comments science
- PLoS ONE: “Thinking about Not-Thinking”: Neural Correlates of Conceptual Processing during Zen Meditation http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0003083 3 comments cogsci
- Animal pet ownership seemed to mitigate some of the detrimental psychological effects of COVID-19 lockdown. Strength of the human-animal bond in terms of emotional closeness or intimacy dimensions appears to be independent of animal species. (PLOS ONE, 25 Sep 2020) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239397 73 comments science
- Extremely Positive People Aren't as Good at Empathy - "People with extremely sunny attitudes find it difficult to empathize with people who are recounting a negative experience, according to a study recently published at PLOS ONE." http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/extremely-positive-people-overestimate-their-ability-to-empathize?utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#link_time=1489939738 1589 comments science
- An archive of over 300 official documents proves the sugar industry controlled a major federal dental program in 1971. The analysis, published in PLoS Medicine, reveals that all but one member of the government’s expert panel on sugar's harms were also on the industry’s private panel. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/sugar-industry-government-nidr/ 787 comments science
- According to new research, the sense of smell is the canary in the coalmine of human health. A study published today in the open access journal PLOS ONE, shows that losing one’s sense of smell strongly predicts death within five years. http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2014/oct/01/your-nose-knows-death-is-imminent 70 comments worldnews
- States with higher taxes and more government expenditures tend to have lower mortality rates among middle-aged Americans, according to new research published in PLOS One. An increase of one percentage point in state tax burden was associated with about a six percent reduction in mortality. https://www.psypost.org/2019/04/u-s-states-with-higher-tax-burdens-have-lower-middle-age-mortality-rates-study-finds-53559 78 comments science
- PLOS ONE: Inappropriate Fiddling with Statistical Analyses to Obtain a Desirable P-value: Tests to Detect its Presence in Published Literature http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0046363 5 comments science
- A study published in the journal PLOS One found that dogs learn to recognize whether a person is selfish or generous after little human interaction. Adult dogs in the investigation preferred to get physically closer to generous people instead of selfish people. https://saludmovil.com/dogs-can-tell-whether-people-are-selfish-or-generous-after-brief-human-exposure/ 62 comments science