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#SciAmBlogs Friday - Funny Lip-Synching, Natural History of Mistletoe, Kihansi Spray Toad, Video Games, and more.

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I will be on vacation all next week, so next installment of the evening linkfest will come on January 3rd. In the meantime, check the blogs anyway - using the feeds, bookmarks or social media, or whichever way you prefer to keep up with your favourite science bloggers. Have a great holiday!

- Kyle Hill - Edward, Bella, and McGurk: Why Bad Lip-Synching Is So Funny

 


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- Hannah Waters - A Natural History of Mistletoe

 

- Jennifer Ouellette - Notes from the Firewall

 

- John R. Platt - Once Extinct in the Wild, Kihansi Spray Toad Returns to Tanzania (by Way of the Bronx and Toledo)

 

- Ingrid Wickelgren - Brain Benefits for the Holidays? Stuff the Stocking with Video Games

 

- John Horgan - More Guns Have Not Produced More Killings, But We Still Need Gun Control

 

- Kate Clancy - 2012 Best of Context and Variation

 

- Khalil A. Cassimally - Khalil’s Picks (21 December 2012)

 

- Scicurious - Friday Weird Science: A CEO takes over…my loins.

 

- Mariette DiChristina - The Banana That Gave Its All for Science

 

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