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- Alan Woodward - Unexpected Risks Of Intelligent Infrastructure

 

- Jenna Finwall Ryan - Gumball Science

 

- Joanne Manaster - India is Drowning in its Own Excreta-Can Science and Engineering Come to the Rescue?

 

- John R. Platt - Satellite Reveals Possible Habitats for Rare Apes in China and Vietnam

 

- Darren Naish - A lynx, shot dead in England in c. 1903

 

- Glendon Mellow - Mash-Up This! Science Communication’s Image Problem

 

- Kate Clancy - Defensive Scholarly Writing and Science Communication

 

- Evelyn Lamb - Mathy Ladies to Follow on Twitter

 

- Melissa C. Lott - Solar Suitcases meet Fish with Human-Looking Teeth – Best of the Blogs, 3rd edition

 

- Gary Stix - Twitter Twaddle and the Psychology of Crying (Screaming) Wolf

 

- John Horgan - We Need a New Just-War Theory, Which Aims to End War Forever

 

- Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik - Illusion of the Week: The World Illusion

 

- Scicurious - Can’t sleep? Time to snack.

 

- John Matson - Supernova Dust Fell to Earth in Antarctic MeteoritesandNYPD Testing Airflow in Subways as a Precaution against Possible Terror Attacks

 

- Kate Wong - Is Australopithecus sediba the Most Important Human Ancestor Discovery Ever?

 

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