Slice of PLOS

Check out Slice of PLOS’ formal sibling Open Highlights, including “ Living Life on a Magnet” and “Understanding Disease Tolerance and Resilience”.

Psychedelics in the Lab and Clinic: Making Up for Lost Time

This Slice of PLOS takes a look at the past, present and future of psychedelic drug research.

A Fungus Among Us

This Slice of PLOS present some of the newest research from the Open Access corpus featuring fungi.

57 Varieties of Tomato

This Slice of PLOS takes a look at recent research into tomato breeding.

Bacteria’s Social Media

This Slice of PLOS looks at how bacteria in complex, heterogeneous communities communicate with their kin through a language known as quorum sensing.

The Beauty of Butterflies

This Slice of PLOS highlights research from across the PLOS journals on the nature, development and evolution of butterflies and their staggeringly diverse decorations.

Mescosms & Climate Change

This Slice of PLOS highlights research from across the PLOS journals on how mesocosms are used to investigate climate change.

The Awesomeness of Bats

This Slice of PLOS highlights papers from across the PLOS journals that explain the science behind the awesomeness of bats.