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#SciAmBlogs Friday - tinnitus, crocs, adolescent contraception, interstellar travel, nuclear fear, shark testosterone, GMO cotton, cigarette warnings, and more.

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- David Ropeik - The Rise of Nuclear Fear – how we learned to fear the radiation

 

- Hilda Bastian - The spawn of the critique of the critique…exercise and depression, part eleventy.

 

- Darren Naish - The once far and wide Siamese crocodile

 

- Kate Clancy - What the CDC and WHO Know about Young Girls and Hormonal Contraceptives

 

- Christie Wilcox - Mythbusting 101: bulking up with bull shark testosterone

 

- DNLee - Feministing Friday: On Marriage & Name changing

 

- Alex Wild - Critical Use Is Fair Use

 

- Christian Heck - MSU Dinosaurs: Down the Rabbit Hole We Go

 

- David Wogan - 10 tips that can help you save energy this summer (videos!)

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Bora’s Picks (June 15th, 2012)

 

- Bora Zivkovic - The Scienceblogging Weekly (June 15th, 2012)

 

- Larry Greenemeier - Tinnitus Sufferers Hoping Serenade Sound Therapy Can Relieve Ear Ringing

 

- Katherine Harmon - Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes Help Smokers Remember Dangers

 

- David Biello - GMO Bonus: Genetically Engineered Cotton Benefits Farmers, Predatory Insects

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