#SciAmBlogs Thursday – Fungal Meningitis, Science of Swords, Good Cholesterol, Gay Penguins, Bjork Geology, Canine Scientists, and more.

By Bora Zivkovic | November 15, 2012 |

We have a new Video Of The Week today. Also, I cannot guarantee I will post the evening linkfest tomorrow or will have to wait till Saturday instead.

- Judy Stone – Elections Have Consequences: Fungal Meningitis and Compounding Pharmacies

- Charles Q. Choi – The Science of Swords: The Sound of Approaching Doom

- Ilana Yurkiewicz – Modern medical terms are still named after Nazi doctors. Can we change it?

- Dana Hunter – The Cataclysm: “A Sudden Exposure of Volatile Material”

- Norman C.W. Wong – How to make ‘Good Cholesterol’ work to reverse heart disease.

- John R. Platt – Controversial Toronto Zoo Penguins Not Gay after All?

- Christie Wilcox – Advice for grad students: own it.

- Glendon Mellow – Children Exploding Out of Stars

- Darren Naish – Hammer-toothed skink SMASH!

- Ferris Jabr – Geology Porn: The Science and Art of Bjork’s “Mutual Core” Music Video

- Joanne Manaster – OTC HIV Testing Kit Hits Shelves in the US and Hard Science is Going to the Dogs

- Katherine Harmon – Print It: 3-D Bio-Printing Makes Better Regenerative Implants and Parasitic Worm Eggs Ease Intestinal Ills by Changing Gut Macrobiota

- Kate Wong – Human Ancestors Made Deadly Stone-Tipped Spears 500,000 Years Ago

- Eric R. Olson – The Countdown, Episode 9 – The Real Planet Krypton, Sandy by Satellite, Smartphone Tricorder, Printing Rockets, Habitable Super-Earth?

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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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