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    Bora Zivkovic Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.
  • #SciAmBlogs Tuesday – big brains, caveman’s yeast, social drinking, oil subsidies, and more.

    - Robin Anne Smith – How Did Human Brains Get to Be so Big?   – Rob Dunn – Exhausted Writer Discovers First Cave Painting of Yeast   – Cassie Rodenberg – The science of relapse (and when did drinking become a hobby?)   – Scott McNally – Guest Post: End Oil Subsidies? The $4 [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Monday – John Glenn, termite balls, Hamlet, volcanic symbolism, octopus vision, fungal farmers, and more.

    Welcome to Monday, the day of the new Image of the Week – check it out. Click through the links within to see more awesome stuff by the same artist. ~~~~ – Amy Shira Teitel – John Glenn: The Man Behind the Hero   – Rob Dunn – By looking carefully, Japanese scientist discovers the [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Friday – Citizens’ Agenda, Tasmanian Devils, dropout electrons, wine & Beer, snails that fly and more.

    Have a great weekend! – Bora Zivkovic – Can We Ask Presidential Candidates about Science?   – Eric R. Olson – Color-Coding Ants [Video]   – Katherine Harmon – Contagious Cancer: Genome Study Reveals How Tasmanian Devil Cancer Has Spread   – Gary Stix – Eternal Sunshine Drug Points the Way Toward Counteracting the Agony [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Thursday – thinking like a doctor, explaining climate change, drunk fruitflies, nomadic planets, DNA nanorobots and more.

    Today we welcome Unofficial Prognosis – the newest blog at #SciAmBlogs – please go say Hello in the comments. – Ilana Yurkiewicz – How (not) to think like a doctor   – Jason G. Goldman – Book Review: Babel’s Dawn   – Scott McNally – Guest Post: Rick Santorum and Climate Change   – Alex [...]

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    Welcome Unofficial Prognosis – the newest blog at #SciAmBlogs

    I am very happy to introduce the newest addition to the Scientific American blog network – Unofficial Prognosis, written by Ilana Yurkiewicz (Twitter). Ilana is a first-year student at Harvard Medical School who created Unofficial Prognosis to capture her reflections through her medical training. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in biology from [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Wednesday – blizzards, beer, landfills, snails, bacteria and more…

    Welcome to the Wednesday’s regular feature – the newest Video of the Week. – DNLee – Wordless Wednesday: This is what scientists look like   – David Wogan – Short film dives into landfill gas   – S.E. Gould – Plants that shut out bacterial invaders   – Matthew Sturm – Blizzard! Explained.   – [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Tuesday – Science of Love, Higgs, climate-caused migrations, DIY GMO foods, and more.

    Do you read Scientific American to stay informed on scientific research and discoveries? If yes, then please nominate us for a Shorty Award in Science: Vote Here – Cassie Rodenberg – All you need is love: the neurochemical jolt and obsession   – Jennifer Ouellette – Special Valentine’s Day Archive Post: Tit for Tat   [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Monday – bacterial size, Black History Month in STEM, Darwin Day, Adele’s voice, NASA funding, and more.

    Welcome back. As is usually the case on Mondays, we have a new Image of the Week – enjoy! And if you are in this city, join us for a variety of scienc-ey community events: Science events in New York City this week. – Psi Wavefunction – Musings on size: do bacteria want to be [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Friday – health insurance, home microbiome, LEED buildings on campus, Social Media Week, local climate change, and more

    Have a great weekend! – Kevin Zelnio – Trying to Catch His Breath With a Hole-Ridden Safety Net (and then, once you read this, also go here: #IAmUninsured: An #IAmScience Story)   – Jennifer Frazer – The Wild Life of My Doorsill   – Ellen Berry – Guest Post: 20 US Higher-Education Buildings Earn LEED [...]

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    #SciAmBlogs Thursday – new nuclear reactors, The Dune, Bohr model, hornbill bills, singing mice, and more.

    We have a new Video of the Week for you. – Robynne Boyd – New Nuclear Reactors Approved   – Maria Konnikova – How a Book about the Future Inspired Me to Look into the Neural Underpinnings of the Past   – Jennifer Ouellette – Don’t Be Dissin’ the Bohr Model!   – John R. [...]

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