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#SciAmBlogs Friday - Citizens' Agenda, Tasmanian Devils, dropout electrons, wine & Beer, snails that fly and more.

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- Eric R. Olson - Color-Coding Ants [Video]

 

- Katherine Harmon - Contagious Cancer: Genome Study Reveals How Tasmanian Devil Cancer Has Spread

 

- Gary Stix - Eternal Sunshine Drug Points the Way Toward Counteracting the Agony of Chronic Pain

 

- Michael Moyer - Fermilab Set to Reveal “Interesting” Higgs Boson Results

 

- Philip Yam - What Processed Food Looks Like during Digestion—Of Course It’s Not Pretty [Video]

 

- Kelly Oakes - ‘Dropout’ Electrons Get Pushed out of Van Allen Belt

 

- Rob Dunn - Strong Medicine: Drinking Wine and Beer Can Help Save You from Cholera, Montezuma’s Revenge, E. Coli and Ulcers 1

 

- Sandra Upson - Scientific American Mind Is Now on Facebook

 

- Scicurious - Friday Weird Science: Millipedes “talking” dirty.

 

- Jennifer Frazer - TGIF: Snails that Fly, or, the Potato Chips of the Ocean

 

- Anna Kuchment - Parents play a crucial role in building kids’ interest in science and math

 

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