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#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - Komodo dragons, tracking chimps, Baxter the robot, Sauropterygians, National Chemistry Week, and more.

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Our sister network, SciLogs.com, announced the addition of a number of excellent new bloggers. Go check them all out.

Today we have both a new Image of the Week and a new Video of the Week.

- John R. Platt - Female Komodo Dragons Die Young, Housework to Blame


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- Darren Naish - Sauropterygians NEVER FORGET

 

- Alex Wild - The digital alterations behind an insect field-guide photo

 

- Maureen McCarthy - Chimps in Uganda: Reading the Clues

 

- Melissa C. Lott - U.S. Solar PV Tops 3.5 GW

 

- DNLee - It’s National Chemistry Week: 2012 Theme is Nanotechnology

 

- Scicurious - Enhancing social conformity with Ritalin

 

- John Matson - Massive Planets Might Escape Stellar Engulfment Largely Undiminished

 

- Katherine Harmon - Fish Shoots Down Prey with Super-Powered Jet [Video]

 

- Larry Greenemeier - Need a Hug? Baxter the Human-Friendly Robot Debuts at M.I.T.

 

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