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#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - maternity debate continues. Plus lucky rabbit feet.

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Bloggers..they are tireless:

- Miriam Law Smith - Don’t lose the context! Response to: Are you maternal enough to be a woman?


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- Psi Wavefunction - The protists and I are back — bringing cells, evolution and fossils!

 

- S.E. Gould - Plastic from bacteria – now in algae!

 

- Darren Naish - Of koalas and marsupial lions: the vombatiform radiation, part I

 

- Melissa C. Lott - From Austin to Boston on Natural Gas

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Just a few quick updates: NASW, Science(blogging) and more.and#scio11 – Having Fun with Citations

 

- DNLee - Wordless Wednesday: Close Encounter with a Monarch

 

- Krystal D'Costa - What Makes a Rabbit’s Foot Lucky?and#NYCSciTweetUp No. 5 Is Tomorrow! And You Should Come!andThe American Fascination With Zombies

 

- Caleb A. Scharf - Intelligent Life in the Universe and Steve Jobs

 

- David Manly - The plight of the honeybee – a documentary on the devastation of colony collapse disorder

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Updates: ScienceOnline2012, Science blogging, Open Laboratory, and #NYCSciTweetup

 

- Jennifer Jacquet - A Worse You Could be Better Off: Robert Trivers’ Folly of Fools

 

- Michael Moyer - Flying Orb Built by Japan’s Ministry of Defense [Video]

 

- Jason G. Goldman - Thoughtful Animal in Print! Of Flashmobs and Four Loko

 

- Michelle Clement - Cave of prehistoric art re-opened after microbial infestation.

 

- Larry Greenemeier - Study Confirms Chest X-rays Ineffective for Detecting Lung Cancer

 

- Jeanne Garbarino - The 2011 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize: Honoring Dr. Brenda Milner for her pioneering work in cognitive neuroscience

 

- Kevin Zelnio - Penises Shaped By Waves (In Barnacles)

 

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