It is Friday, when some bloggers go for lighter fare – like LOLcats! – but others ignore this old blogospheric tradition and post serious stuff instead. See who did what today:

Eric Michael Johnson – Stressing Motherhood: How Biology and Social Inequality Foster Maternal Infanticide.

Krystal D’Costa – The Original Angry Birds?.

Christie Wilcox – This Week’s Scishimi: Rock, Paper, Sexism and More.

Joanne Manaster – Reminiscing about the Space Shuttle Program through Video.

Serious Monkey Business – Guest Post! Seeing the Monkey in the Mirror.

Charles Q. Choi – From The Writer’s Desk: New Questions, New Frontiers.

Bora Zivkovic – ScienceOnline2011 – interview with Kari Wouk.

Glendon Mellow – Magic Beans.

Alex Wild – Two bloggy things.

Katherine Harmon – FDA Starts to Tackle Regulation of Health and Medical Apps.

Josette WoodenLegs and Tyler Bridges – How does one measure eggshell thickness in dinosaurs?

Jennifer Ouellette – Flushed With Pride.

David Bressan – Time for a new epoch? – the Anthropocene

Bora Zivkovic – Some weekend reading for you

Princess Ojiaku – Highlights of Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus

And if you missed some of the other recent posts – I have collected them here:

Wow! What a week!
Friday Network Highlights #2
Need to catch up after the weekend? Here are the links…
Quick summary of the day
Great day at the Network
And another amazing day at the Network

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