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#SciAmBlogs Thursday - Actinides, Roy Chapman Andrews, Balloons in Space, Jumping Spiders and more

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- Christie Wilcox - Blogging Science While Female – the Storify

 

- Jessica Morrison - The Disappearing Actinides, and Other Frustrations from the Bottom Row of the Periodic Table of the Elements


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- Alex Wild - Real-life SpiderMan: Thomas ShahanandThrifty Thursday: Fixed in Amber

 

- Mark Fischetti - New Orleans Protection Plan Will Rely on Wetlands to Hold Back Hurricanes

 

- John Matson - Newt to NASA: Stop Talking about Space Exploration–Just Do It

 

- David Bressan - Roy Chapman Andrews and the Kingdom of the Cretaceous Skulls

 

- George Musser - Could a Balloon Fly in Outer Space?

 

- Katherine Harmon - Jumping Spiders Use Blurry Vision to Catch Quick Prey with Precision [Video]

 

- DNLee - #scio12: The Big Takeaway from the Broadening Participation Panel

 

- Krystal D'Costa - Editor’s Selections: Roman lead poisoning, Dyslexia, Intelligence in context, and A. bosei’s teeth

 

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