The growth of predatory journals and predatory publishers has raised significant concern among scientists. Outrage over journals that will publish any manuscript for a fee led some scientists to list predatory journals in an effort to warn other scientists.
While life has established a firm grip on the dry surface of our planet, this was not always the case. Early in the history of life on Earth, life was only found in the oceans. Just how life moved from the oceans to land has captivated scientists for generations.
In May 2019, the major non-profit open-access publisher PLOS began a program that aimed to increase the transparency of the peer review process at the journals they publish. In December 2019, they published the results of the first 6 months of this program.
A new study published in the journal eLife has demonstrated something that has long been suspected: the average human body temperature has been decreasing over the past 150 years. While 37°C has been considered the normal human body temperature since the 1860s, discrepancies observed in more recent studies had hinted that the accepted value was incorrect.
