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| The best articles from journals.plos.org, according to Hacker News. |
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| 2018 | | Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for brain plasticity (journals.plos.org) |
| 467 points | 4 years ago with 214 comments |
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| 2017 | | Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor? (journals.plos.org) |
| 395 points across 2 posts | 5 years ago with 36 comments |
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| 2019 | | Edible insects role in transmission of parasitic diseases to humans (journals.plos.org) |
| 329 points | 2 years ago with 457 comments |
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| 2018 | | Mosquito saliva alone has profound effects on the human immune system (journals.plos.org) |
| 259 points | 3 years ago with 229 comments |
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| 2016 | | The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work (journals.plos.org) |
| 259 points | 5 years ago with 183 comments |
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| 2017 | | More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass (journals.plos.org) |
| 216 points | 1 year ago with 121 comments |
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| 2019 | | Hungry men exposed to blue light are sensitive to Earth's magnetic field (journals.plos.org) |
| 170 points | 4 years ago with 90 comments |
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| 2005 | | Why most published research findings are false (journals.plos.org) |
| 157 points | 2 years ago with 80 comments |
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| 2016 | | Statistically controlling for confounding constructs is hard (journals.plos.org) |
| 143 points | 5 years ago with 37 comments |
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| 2013 | | Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism (journals.plos.org) |
| 139 points | 4 years ago with 86 comments |
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| 2016 | | The “Majority Illusion” in Social Networks (journals.plos.org) |
| 108 points | 4 years ago with 75 comments |
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| 2013 | | Identifiable Images of Bystanders Extracted from Corneal Reflections (journals.plos.org) |
| 102 points | 6 years ago with 45 comments |
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| 2015 | | Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens (journals.plos.org) |
| 90 points | 3 years ago with 81 comments |
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| 2013 | | Effect of Acute Exercise on Prostate Cancer Cell Growth (journals.plos.org) |
| 89 points | 8 years ago with 16 comments |
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| 2016 | | Environmental impacts of food consumption by dogs and cats (journals.plos.org) |
| 86 points | 3 years ago with 156 comments |
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| 2015 | | Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings (journals.plos.org) |
| 72 points | 5 years ago with 118 comments |
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| 2012 | | Cavemen Were Better at Depicting Quadruped Walking Than Modern Artists (journals.plos.org) |
| 64 points | 9 years ago with 10 comments |
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| 2012 | | Viewing Cute Images Narrows Attentional Focus (journals.plos.org) |
| 63 points | 5 years ago with 17 comments |
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| 2015 | | Male status and performance moderates female-directed behaviours (journals.plos.org) |
| 57 points | 7 years ago with 33 comments |
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| 2014 | | An Efficiency Comparison of Latex vs. Word (journals.plos.org) |
| 43 points | 3 years ago with 38 comments |
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| 2013 | | Is “huh?” A universal word? The convergent evolution of linguistic items (journals.plos.org) |
| 35 points | 2 years ago with 24 comments |
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| 2015 | | Anti-LaTeX, Pro-Word paper corrections for “sizing and placement of the figures” (journals.plos.org) |
| 30 points | 3 years ago with 17 comments |
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| 2015 | | Sugar industry influence on dental research (journals.plos.org) |
| 10 points | 1 year ago with 0 comments |
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