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#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - Venus transit, optical illusions, platypus, crowd-sourcing the neighborhood, dinosaur taphonomy, herd parasites, and more.

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- Amy Shira Teitel - Venus’ Transits Through History

 

- Caleb A. Scharf - Venus was Just the Beginning: The Science of Planetary Transits


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- Daisy Yuhas - Where to Watch the Transit of Venus

 

- Kalliopi Monoyios - Don’t Look Now But You’re Being Watched

 

- John R. Platt - Platypus Populations on Small Australian Islands Show Lack of Genetic Diversity, High Risk of Disease

 

- Scott Huler - Designing Our Own Neighborhoods

 

- Christian Heck and Hannah Wilson - MSU Dinosaurs: Using Taphonomy to Further Understand Clutch Arrangement

 

- Khalil A. Cassimally - Introducing: Victoria Charlton

 

- Rose Eveleth - Big Herds Attract Plenty of Parasites

 

- DNLee - Identifying the Top STEM Professionals of Color – getting started

 

- S.E. Gould - Butterflies!

 

- Jason G. Goldman - Guilty Dogs on the Radio

 

- Jesse Bering - The Devil Makes You Gay: The Mormon Church and Its Homosexual Misfits

 

- Joanne Manaster - NatGeo is casting for their show Brain Games!

 

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