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#SciAmBlogs Thursday - eyes and lies, ocean plastics, spineless robots, humanities and science, medieval diet, elephant birth control, and more.

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- Cheryl Murphy - To Spot a Liar: An Offices of SciAm Mystery

 

- Harold Johnson - Plastics in the Ocean: How Dense Are We?


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- Eric Michael Johnson - Punishing Cheaters Promotes the Evolution of Cooperation

 

- Maria Konnikova - Reclaiming the sacred gift: A postscript on humanities and science

 

- Robynne Boyd - Tax credits – the wind in wind energy

 

- Christina Agapakis - The Medieval Diet

 

- John R. Platt - South Africa Invests in Elephant Birth Control [Video]

 

- Carin Bondar - We’re NASA and We Know It – An Epic Mars Curiosity Music Video

 

- Scicurious - The IgNobels are coming, and Sci will be there!

 

- Katherine Harmon - Octopuses Inspire Soft-Bodied Robots–with Power of Colorful Camouflage [VIDEO]

 

- Katherine Harmon - Is Your Slimmer Self Waiting Online?

 

- Mark Fischetti - Sea Level Rise Dramatized in Multimedia “Book App”

 

- Larry Greenemeier - A Dash of Color Creates Camouflage for Spineless Robots

 

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