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#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - DNA Patents, Supernova, Power of Mindset, Bat-Killing Fungus, and more.

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News tidbit of the day? The #SciAmBlogs make an appearance in an Onion video (around 1:57-2:04).

;-)

And now the serious stuff:


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- Ricki Lewis - Are DNA Patents Doomed?

 

- Kelly Oakes - Supernova turns inside out and kicks neutron star

 

- Maria Konnikova - Intelligence and Other Stereotypes: The Power of Mindset

 

- John R. Platt - Bat-Killing Fungus Continues Deadly Spread; Death Toll Now at 7 Million

 

- Alex Hole and George Musser - Clouds Over the Solar Industry in Britain

 

- Wayne Maddison - Spiders in Borneo: Mulu wrap-up

 

- Jen Christiansen - Producing Scientific American Infographics in the Era of “Big Data”

 

- Bora Zivkovic - ScienceOnline2012 – interview with Rebecca GuenardandA week in EdmontonandFlirting under Moonlight on a Hot Summer Night, or, The Secret Night-Life of Fruitflies

 

- Jason G. Goldman - Published! Cortical Thickness, Reading Skill, and Reading ExperienceandEditor’s Selections: Throwing Words, Deceptive Spider Sex, and Littering

 

- Scicurious - Diversity in Science Carnival for April: Imposter Syndrome!!

 

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