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PLOS One at 20 🎉 This week from the archive… Can short, intense workouts replace long endurance sessions? 🏃♀️ This study investigated time-efficient exercise methods, demonstrating that shorter workouts can still deliver major health benefits. 🔗 plos.io/4bIqvoj
Ma and colleagues present a two-year study in coastal saline-alkali farmland in China, showing that rice rotations with peas, wheat, or crabs reduce pesticide use, nutrient loss, and soil salinity in comparison with rice monocrops, while also improving soil quality and farm income.
Comparative evaluation of major cropping patterns in coastal saline-alkali lands: Economic, ecological, and social benefits
Soil salinization constrains agricultural productivity in coastal regions. A two-year field experiment in the coastal saline-alkali farmland of Tangshan, China evaluated three locally adapted…
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A new study by Moghaddam and colleagues found that combined probiotic and prebiotic supplements improved honey bee survival and reduced oxidative stress under heat and cold exposure, suggesting a practical way to boost colony resilience to climate-driven temperature extremes. 🔗 plos.io/4yst4ok
Protecting honey bees (Apis mellifera) from thermal stress: Probiotics and prebiotics buffer the survival and antioxidant enzyme activity
Environmental temperature profoundly influences honey bee (Apis mellifera) physiology, behavior, and survival. In recent years, nutritional interventions have gained attention as potential strategies…
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Farooq et al explore the experiences of caregivers raising autistic children in England. They find that families face caregiving demands, gaps in support, and cultural expectations that shape daily life. The study highlights the need for more accessible and family-centred support.
Between neuroaffirmation and access: Parents’ experiences of autism caregiving in England
Despite growing recognition of the challenges faced by families of autistic children in the United Kingdom, existing research has largely focused on parental stress and individual burden, with…
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PLOS One at 20 🎉 This week from the archive… What is the simplest physical test that could reveal how well we are aging? This study explored how balance, strength, and walking ability change with age, revealing new insights into #neuromuscular aging. 🔗 plos.io/4vVay5G
A new study by W. Gregory Hood shows beavers are widespread in Pacific Northwest tidal wetlands, where long-lasting dams reshape estuarine habitats much as they do rivers, with implications for wetland restoration and species such as salmon. plos.io/4pFZurn
Beaver in tidal habitat: Examples from the Pacific Northwest
Beaver are typically considered fluvial or lacustrine animals, often converting lotic habitats into lentic ones with their dams. This results in extensive changes in ecosystem structure and processes…
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A new study by Browne and colleagues found that multiple long-term conditions were the strongest predictor of hospital readmission among older adults with dementia in England, highlighting the need for stronger community-based care to reduce repeat admissions.
Identifying the determinants of hospital readmission in dementia patients – A retrospective cohort study using electronic healthcare records in England
Background People living with dementia are at an increased risk of multiple hospital admissions due to acute illness, underlying vulnerability, progression of behavioural symptoms of dementia, or…
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PLOS One at 20 🎉 This week from the archive… What is the simplest physical test that could reveal how well we are aging? This study explored how balance, strength, and walking ability change with age, revealing new insights into #neuromuscular aging. 🔗 plos.io/4vVay5G
A new study by Cromer and colleagues found that links between socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes or obesity differ across US racial and ethnic groups, suggesting SES-based risk models should account for these heterogeneous associations. plos.io/4pKI0Kx
Heterogeneous associations of socioeconomic status with metabolic disease in racial and ethnic subgroups in the United States: A cross-sectional cohort study in NHANES and All Of Us
Background Unfavorable socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with adverse health outcomes and is believed to at least partially mediate racial and ethnic health disparities such that some clinical…
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A new study by Eswaran and colleagues found that nearly 1 in 5 US emergency department patients reported lifetime criminal legal involvement, rising to 44% among substance use-related visits, highlighting opportunities for targeted support. plos.io/4c5r3oi
Prevalence of criminal legal involvement among emergency department patients: Insights from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2021-2023
Introduction Criminal legal involvement (CLI) is a known predictor of short- and long-term adverse health outcomes, and those with CLI often use emergency departments (EDs) to access health care.…
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A new study by Browne and colleagues found that multiple long-term conditions were the strongest predictor of hospital readmission among older adults with dementia in England, highlighting the need for stronger community-based care to reduce repeat admissions.
Identifying the determinants of hospital readmission in dementia patients – A retrospective cohort study using electronic healthcare records in England
Background People living with dementia are at an increased risk of multiple hospital admissions due to acute illness, underlying vulnerability, progression of behavioural symptoms of dementia, or…
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A new study by @sherbold.bsky.social and colleagues found that people rated LLM-generated, politician-impersonating responses to BBC Question Time prompts as more authentic, relevant and coherent than the originals, highlighting risks of AI-enabled political deception. plos.io/3RwJJqg
LLM-impersonated debate contributions are more authentic, relevant and coherent than their original: A representative study using BBC1’s Question Time
Generative AI has the potential to pollute the public information sphere with made-up content, posing a significant threat to the cohesion of societies at large. This paper offers the first…
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A new study by Zhao and Zhou tracked college students for four years, finding sleep duration generally increased over time and was consistently linked to better academic performance, with the strongest association during freshman and senior years. plos.io/3RuLS5O
Functional data analysis of college students’ sleep patterns and their relationships with academic performance and social networks: A four-year longitudinal study
Background College students are subject to insufficient sleep and irregular sleep patterns. Most existing studies regarding sleep behaviors have relied on static measures or discrete time points for…
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A new study by Robin Dunbar revisits the primate brain lag hypothesis, finding support for an evolutionary lag between body and brain size but suggesting brain expansion was driven more by larger social groups and frugivory than by increasing body size alone. plos.io/45rHQhJ
Evolutionary lags in the primate brain size/body size relationship revisited
The original brain lag hypothesis proposed that primate brain evolution depended on spare energy derivative of savings of scale enabled by first increasing body size. However, in a seminal analysis,…
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Excited to announce that my first paper is out now in @plosone.org! A huge thanks to my co-author @dorabiro.bsky.social. Check out our work on how conventions emerge in human dyads here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Experimental emergence of conventions in human dyads
Conventions can be defined as arbitrary and self-sustaining practices that emerge in a population and facilitate solving coordination problems. A recent study traced the formation of simple convention...
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Next month, @plosone.org Senior Editor Jianhong Zhou will be in China to visit institutes in Shanghai and Chengdu, and attend two conferences - APAMI 2026 and @cshasia.bsky.social Cross-Scale Biological Structure. Please reach out to Jianhong with any questions about publishing with @plos.org.
A new study by Cromer and colleagues found that links between socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes or obesity differ across US racial and ethnic groups, suggesting SES-based risk models should account for these heterogeneous associations. plos.io/4pKI0Kx
Heterogeneous associations of socioeconomic status with metabolic disease in racial and ethnic subgroups in the United States: A cross-sectional cohort study in NHANES and All Of Us
Background Unfavorable socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with adverse health outcomes and is believed to at least partially mediate racial and ethnic health disparities such that some clinical…
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A new study by Stanley and colleagues found that mothers who responded more promptly to their infants’ vocalisations were less likely to have children later diagnosed with hyperactivity or conduct disorders, highlighting the importance of early parent–infant interactions.
Probability of a timely vocal response in mother-infant interaction and later psychiatric diagnosis: A case-control study
Patterns of parent-child interactions are commonly cited as being predictive of later psychiatric disorders but precisely which elements of these interactions are important is rarely clear,…
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A new study by Robin Dunbar revisits the primate brain lag hypothesis, finding support for an evolutionary lag between body and brain size but suggesting brain expansion was driven more by larger social groups and frugivory than by increasing body size alone. plos.io/45rHQhJ
Evolutionary lags in the primate brain size/body size relationship revisited
The original brain lag hypothesis proposed that primate brain evolution depended on spare energy derivative of savings of scale enabled by first increasing body size. However, in a seminal analysis,…
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#Preregistration supports #OpenScience, but is uncommon in animal research. This Meta-Research study by @hannowuerbel.bsky.social reveals that despite known benefits, perceived bureaucracy, time costs and inflexibility hinder adoption. 🧪#AcademicSky @unibe.ch @swissrn.bsky.social plos.io/4pL0tXq
Next month, @plosone.org Senior Editor Jianhong Zhou will be in China to visit institutes in Shanghai and Chengdu, and attend two conferences - APAMI 2026 and @cshasia.bsky.social Cross-Scale Biological Structure. Please reach out to Jianhong with any questions about publishing with @plos.org.
A new study by Eswaran and colleagues found that nearly 1 in 5 US emergency department patients reported lifetime criminal legal involvement, rising to 44% among substance use-related visits, highlighting opportunities for targeted support. plos.io/4c5r3oi
Prevalence of criminal legal involvement among emergency department patients: Insights from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2021-2023
Introduction Criminal legal involvement (CLI) is a known predictor of short- and long-term adverse health outcomes, and those with CLI often use emergency departments (EDs) to access health care.…
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As #ESA2026 gets underway in Salt Lake City, here are some @plosone.org articles from the plenary speakers @greeningscience.bsky.social, Tanya Berger-Wolf and James Ehleringer. plos.io/4fmV1GC plos.io/4yFAEvM plos.io/4yJyTxF plos.io/4yHnmyR plos.io/4fVDLZ8 @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
Plenaries – Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
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A new study by @sherbold.bsky.social and colleagues found that people rated LLM-generated, politician-impersonating responses to BBC Question Time prompts as more authentic, relevant and coherent than the originals, highlighting risks of AI-enabled political deception. plos.io/3RwJJqg
LLM-impersonated debate contributions are more authentic, relevant and coherent than their original: A representative study using BBC1’s Question Time
Generative AI has the potential to pollute the public information sphere with made-up content, posing a significant threat to the cohesion of societies at large. This paper offers the first…
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We’re thrilled that this recent @plosone.org paper introducing “Likweli”, a newly identified monkey species, captured the attention of global media audiences, including coverage from the BBC, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, and more. Read the article at plos.io/4vT6liK.
Likweli: A remarkable new species of Colobus monkey from the Lomami National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
We describe and name a new species of African monkey, Colobus congoensis sp. nov. (Primates, Cercopithecidae), from the interfluve region of the Lomami and Congo (Lualaba) Rivers in east-central…
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A new study by W. Gregory Hood shows beavers are widespread in Pacific Northwest tidal wetlands, where long-lasting dams reshape estuarine habitats much as they do rivers, with implications for wetland restoration and species such as salmon. plos.io/4pFZurn
Beaver in tidal habitat: Examples from the Pacific Northwest
Beaver are typically considered fluvial or lacustrine animals, often converting lotic habitats into lentic ones with their dams. This results in extensive changes in ecosystem structure and processes…
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A new study by Nguyen and colleagues found that over half of free-roaming cats sampled in New York City carried at least one parasite, with Toxocara most common. Young male cats shed the most eggs, highlighting their role in zoonotic risk. plos.io/4w4mt17
Zoonotic endoparasites and Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity in free-roaming cats (Felis catus) from New York City boroughs
Free-roaming cats (Felis catus) can serve as reservoirs of various zoonotic parasites in urban settings. Despite a large population of free-roaming cats around New York City, studies assessing the…
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As #ESA2026 gets underway in Salt Lake City, here are some @plosone.org articles from the plenary speakers @greeningscience.bsky.social, Tanya Berger-Wolf and James Ehleringer. plos.io/4fmV1GC plos.io/4yFAEvM plos.io/4yJyTxF plos.io/4yHnmyR plos.io/4fVDLZ8 @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
Plenaries – Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
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Join us at #ESA2026 in Salt Lake City! 🌿 Our team will be available to discuss research across ecology and sustainability and share more about PLOS Ecosystems and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
A new study by Zhao and Zhou tracked college students for four years, finding sleep duration generally increased over time and was consistently linked to better academic performance, with the strongest association during freshman and senior years. plos.io/3RuLS5O
Functional data analysis of college students’ sleep patterns and their relationships with academic performance and social networks: A four-year longitudinal study
Background College students are subject to insufficient sleep and irregular sleep patterns. Most existing studies regarding sleep behaviors have relied on static measures or discrete time points for…
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