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February 11, 2025

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11/12/2025

Climate change psychology

Foundations of climate change denial: Anti-environmentalism and anti-science

Jacques and Dunlap's close reading of climate denial narratives finds a persistent underlying anti-environmentalism and rejection of "impact science" in addition to trends identified in previous research: the denial of climate trends/harms and of the role of humans in it. These reflect a deep "anti-reflexivity", opposing mitigation strategies.

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11/20/2025

HIV

Global HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care Interventions and Strategies for Key Populations: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Kumah and colleagues plan to systematically investigate the range of HIV prevention and treatments with the view to evaluate how HIV outcome disparities limit the effectiveness of global HIV responses. The study may inform future policy and practice, supporting more targeted, inclusive, and sustainable HIV responses.

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11/24/2025

Mammal conservation

Reconstructing the degree of mammal defaunation throughout the Caatinga - the largest dry tropical forest region of South America

Canassa and colleagues reveal the loss of up to 80% of mid-to-large mammal species across the Caatinga scrubland in Brazil since pre-colonial times (ca. 1500 AD), largely driven by the conversion to agricultural land. This caused a 77% decrease in average mammal biomass and a severe loss of ecosystem functionality.

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11/13/2025

Inequality in academia

Gender gap in citations, h-index, and representation: Examining the highly cited authors across continents and disciplines in Google Scholar

Goyanes and colleagues analyze gender inequality across disciplines and continents using highly cited author data, showing that women’s long-term academic recognition may be hindered by structural barriers, even when citation rates match or exceed men’s after accounting for productivity.

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11/25/2025

EveryOne

Impressions of a broad CANVAS

The CANVAS conference gathered nearly 4,000 researchers to explore the future of crop, agronomic, environmental, and soil sciences, spotlighting advances in AI, genetics, sustainability, and open science, plus inspiring plenaries, student innovations, and broad interdisciplinary collaboration.

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11/13/2025

The Official PLOS Blog

PLOS partners with the Global Young Academy to advance open science principles

PLOS and the Global Young Academy have partnered to promote Open Science worldwide. Together they aim to raise awareness, support early-career researchers, and develop equitable, effective practices that strengthen global participation in Open Access and Open Science.

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11/05/2025

The Official PLOS Blog

PLOS launches two journals to address critical real-world challenges

PLOS has launched two new journals: PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems; offering dynamic venues for cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on healthy aging and the conservation, restoration, and sustainability of ecosystems worldwide.

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11/25/2025

Companion animal behaviour

Guard dog behavior towards various animal species and humans on German farms

Krueger and colleagues study guard dog behavior.

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10/27/2025

AI detection

Stylometry can reveal AI authority, but humans struggle

Zaitsu and colleagues study Stylometry for the detection of AI-generated text.

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11/17/2025

Research assessment

Academic mobility and publishing performance

Macháček and Melecký link Czech academic mobility to lower output and more local publishing.

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11/20/2025

Aging

Perceived Severity of Slips vs. Trips Across Ages groups

Finley and colleagues find all adults perceive slips as more severe than trips.

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