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#SciAmBlogs Monday - Singing Snails, iceberg science, origin of mitochondria, nanosponges, and more.

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- Alexis Rudd - Singing Snails and Killer Whales: Parallels in Conservation

 

- Christie Rowe - Why Are There Field Geologists on a Drilling Vessel?

 

- Laura Jane Martin - The Co-Evolution of Insects, Plants and a Career

 

- Dana Hunter - The Real Heart of the Ocean

 

- David Bressan - The Science behind the Iceberg that sank the Titanic

 

- Maria Konnikova - The Innate Irresistibility of Film

 

- Jennifer Frazer - Mitochondria Are Related to Ocean Bacteria, But Not to the Ones We Thought

 

- Darren Naish - The Cadborosaurus Wars

 

- Krystal D'Costa - The Cost of Healthy Eating

 

- Melissa C. Lott - Nanosponge can absorb 100 times its weight in oil

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Whence Clocks?

 

- John R. Platt - 60 Rare Tuatara Reptiles Moved to Predator-Free New Zealand Island

 

- DNLee - Science Writing – Academically & Creatively

 

- Caitlin Contag - Catching up with Scientific Diving at USC Dornsife: Diving into the Aquarium of the Pacific

 

- Wayne Maddison - Spiders in Borneo: The spiders who wouldn’t be

 

- Joanne Manaster - The City Dark

 

- Anna Kuchment - Spring Science Festivals Mix Stars from Sky and Screen

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing: Rachel Nuwer

 

- Bora Zivkovic - What is: ScienceOnlineVancouverandOpen Laboratory 2013 – submissions so farandScience events this month.

 

- Scicurious - Follow my eyes carefully…and vote for me!

 

- Gary Stix - Growing an Economy by Growing Weed

 

- Katherine Harmon - Fast Food Chains Dish Out More Salt per Serving in the U.S.

 

- Ferris Jabr - Spine Tuning: Finding Physical Evidence of How Practice Rewires the Brain

 

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