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#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - Sword-Swallowing, Fracking, Aurorae, Secrets, and more

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Wednesday, thus time for the new Video of the Week.

- Scicurious - The Next Generation Science Conference, a #scio12 Wrapup

 


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- Jennifer Ouellette - By the Sword: The Science of Sword-Swallowing

 

- Scott McNally - Guest Post: Water Contamination – Fracking is not the problem

 

- Mariette DiChristina - Citizen Scientists Study Whale Songs: Years of Work Done in Months

 

- Caleb A. Scharf - Aurorae from Earth, Space, and on Other Worlds

 

- Erica Angiolillo - The American Museum of Natural History hosts Beyond Planet Earth Tweetup with Scientific American

 

- Anna Kuchment - Science Education Experts Respond to Obama’s Speech

 

- Maria Konnikova - Can You Keep a Secret? Maybe You Shouldn’t, Even If You Can

 

- Jesse Bering - “Natural Theologians” Are God’s Psychoanalysts

 

- S.E. Gould - Guest post – Microbes and Madness

 

- Katherine Harmon - Risk of Heart Disease Underestimated, Researchers Say

 

- Darren Naish - Happy 6th Birthday, Tetrapod Zoology (part II)

 

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