Tag: plos one

Queen bees convey honest signals to worker bees about their reproductive status and quality, according to an international team of researchers, who say their...

Sediment behind milldams in Pennsylvania preserved leaves deposited just before European contact that provide a glimpse of the ancient forests, according to a team...

As diners belly-up to a buffet, food order matters. When healthy foods are offered first, eaters are less likely to desire the higher calorie...

Making fat cells immortal might seem like a bad idea to most people, but for a team of University of Iowa scientists it was...

Oysters begin their lives as tiny drifters, but when they mature they settle on reefs. New research from North Carolina State University shows that...

For the first time ever, scientists have documented a widespread extinction of bees that occurred 65 million years ago, concurrent with the massive event...

The same algorithm used to find tunes in music retrieval systems has been successfully used to identify the signature whistles of dolphins, according to...

Supporters of open academic content have long touted its ability to widen the impact and productivity of scholarship while relieving cost pressures in academia. While...

A study of the full genetic code of a common human virus offers a dramatic confirmation of the "out-of-Africa" pattern of human migration, which...

When you meet people for the first time, what’s the first thing you think you notice? Is it their hair color, or eye color?...