Mastodawn

We need a better way to fund basic #research in 🇪🇺 to stimulate innovation. so far with have #Horizon program and #ERC . Both are great but we lack a lower level of funding for testing or proof of concept (2 Years ~140k€ + postdoc) no overhead allowed (100% dedicated to research) . Selection of projects on the model of #PlosOne . @EUCommission

El Duvelle Feb 12

If a journal asks me to do a peer-review for them, which I accept, then it makes a decision before the review deadline, without waiting for my review, and without letting me know that I do not need to do the review.. while I use my spare time to complete the peer-review by the deadline... then I am not going to do any more peer-review for that journal 🤷

(#PLoSOne in this case 🫤)
#AcademicChatter #PeerReview

Francis Villatoro Jan 23

#PLoSONE Experimental evidence that penis size, height, and body shape influence assessment of male sexual attractiveness and fighting ability in humans journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Noticias La Insuperable Dec 2

El nuevo hallazgo que derrumba mitos sobre la Isla de Pascua

Un estudio publicado en PLOS ONE acaba de sacudir viejas certezas: la famosa cantera Rano Raraku, donde nacieron más de mil moai, no fue la fábrica centralizada de una élite todopoderosa, sino un entramado horizontal de talleres autónomos. Rapa Nui vuelve a demostrar que las grandes obras humanas también pueden surgir sin jerarquías. Por Alcides Blanco para Noticias La Insuperable Se identificaron diversos métodos de producción en los distintos talleres.Tres enfoques de tallado: […]

https://noticiaslainsuperable.com.ar/2025/12/02/el-nuevo-hallazgo-que-derrumba-mitos-sobre-la-isla-de-pascua/

The Wild Hunt News Sep 23

New research from Latvia’s Zvejnieki cemetery reveals that Stone Age women and children were as likely as men to be buried with stone tools, challenging “Man the Hunter” stereotypes and highlighting shared ritual traditions.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/09/research-on-a-stone-age-burial-again-challenges-man-the-hunter-stereotype.html

#archaeology #PLOSONE #stoneage #gender #latvia #science #equality

Research on a Stone Age Burial Again Challenges “Man the Hunter” Stereotype

The Wild Hunt

Hacker News Aug 28, 2025

Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0329411

#HackerNews #Altered #States #of #Consciousness #Breathwork #Music #Therapy #Mindfulness #PLOSone

Neurobiological substrates of altered states of consciousness induced by high ventilation breathwork accompanied by music

The popularity of breathwork as a therapeutic tool for psychological distress is rapidly expanding. Breathwork practices that increase ventilatory rate or depth, facilitated by music, can evoke subjective experiential states analogous to altered states of consciousness (ASCs) evoked by psychedelic substances. These states include components such as euphoria, bliss, and perceptual differences. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the profound subjective effects of high ventilation breathwork (HVB) remain largely unknown and unexplored. In this study, we investigated the neurobiological substrates of ASCs induced by HVB in experienced practitioners. We demonstrate that the intensity of ASCs evoked by HVB was proportional to cardiovascular sympathetic activation and to haemodynamic alterations in cerebral perfusion within clusters spanning the left operculum/posterior insula and right amygdala/anterior hippocampus; regions implicated in respiratory interoceptive representation and the processing of emotional memories, respectively. These observed regional cerebral effects may underlie pivotal mental experiences that mediate positive therapeutic outcomes of HVB.

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Fred Aug 16, 2025

@nobodyinperson I have not published with @plosclimate but with @PLOS (#PLOSOne), so can't answer your question directly. However, some experience may transfer from PLOS to PLOS. I wouldn't hesitate to work eight them again. It's open and really multidisciplinary which are two big pluses for me. Only bad experience was the time it took them to fix a table formatting error they've introduced (something like 2 years...) but that was pretty minor.

Geeks anciens Aug 10, 2025

Aussi sur Le Monde (article en partie réservé aux gens qui ont un abonnement).
"Dans un article publié lundi 4 août dans « PNAS », la revue de l’Académie nationale des sciences des Etats-Unis, des mathématiciens et des biologistes ont recensé des pratiques frauduleuses grandissantes dans les revues de recherche."
https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2025/08/10/la-fraude-aux-publications-scientifiques-s-industrialise-alerte-une-etude-americaine_6627655_1650684.html
#esr #recherche #université #revuesSavantes #fraude #falsification #criminalite #PNAS #PlosOne

La fraude aux publications scientifiques s’industrialise, alerte une étude américaine

Dans un article publié lundi 4 août dans « PNAS », la revue de l’Académie nationale des sciences des Etats-Unis, des mathématiciens et des biologistes ont recensé des pratiques frauduleuses grandissantes dans les revues de recherche.

Le Monde

Andy Tseng Jul 30, 2025

A new #PLOSOne study finds AI-generated music triggers stronger emotional arousal than human compositions - more pupil dilation & skin responses. Fascinating, but “emotionally powerful” ≠ "better" music. I wonder why do AI tunes punch harder? #GenAI #Music #ResearchSky

Study finds AI-created music t...

Study finds AI-created music triggers greater emotional arousal than human compositions

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is transforming the world of creativity, and music is no exception. A study recently published in PLOS One, explores a key question: Can AI-generated music produce the same emotional responses as human-composed music in audiovisual contexts?

Phys.org