#SciAmBlogs Wednesday – Komodo dragons, tracking chimps, Baxter the robot, Sauropterygians, National Chemistry Week, and more.

By Bora Zivkovic | October 24, 2012 |

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Our sister network, SciLogs.com, announced the addition of a number of excellent new bloggers. Go check them all out.

Today we have both a new Image of the Week and a new Video of the Week.

- John R. Platt – Female Komodo Dragons Die Young, Housework to Blame

- Darren Naish – Sauropterygians NEVER FORGET

- Alex Wild – The digital alterations behind an insect field-guide photo

- Maureen McCarthy – Chimps in Uganda: Reading the Clues

- Melissa C. Lott – U.S. Solar PV Tops 3.5 GW

- DNLee – It’s National Chemistry Week: 2012 Theme is Nanotechnology

- Scicurious – Enhancing social conformity with Ritalin

- John Matson – Massive Planets Might Escape Stellar Engulfment Largely Undiminished

- Katherine Harmon – Fish Shoots Down Prey with Super-Powered Jet [Video]

- Larry Greenemeier – Need a Hug? Baxter the Human-Friendly Robot Debuts at M.I.T.

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About the Author: 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.

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