Measuring the “beauty” of coral reefs

Today we are pleased to have published “Can we measure beauty? Computational evaluation of coral reef aesthetics” by Haas et al. Since antiquity, philosophers and art historians have searched for universally valid criteria for aesthetic principles — in...
Sizing up the giants that live in the ocean

Sizing up the giants that live in the ocean

Today we are very pleased to publish an amazing study by Craig McClain et al: “Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna”. In this study, a team made up of a mix of scientists and students sifted through multiple...

Max Planck Authors Can Now Publish For Free In PeerJ

PeerJ is pleased to announce that the Max Planck Society has signed a publishing plan deal with PeerJ, which entitles any Max Planck author to publish their research in PeerJ at no cost to themselves. With this announcement, thousands of authors in over 80 Max Planck...