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#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - Angelina Jolie, Commander Hadfield, Robert Oppenheimer, Iron Man, ScienceSeeker Winners, and other superheros.

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Lots of news on the Network today!

First - we have launched a new blog - check it out!

Second - several of our bloggers were winners or finalists of the ScienceSeeker Awards. Who? See here.


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Third - we have the new Image of the Week for you to see.

- Hilda Bastian - Courage versus fear: Keeping health risks in perspective when the dramatic and rare goes culturally viral

 

- E. Paul Zehr - Iron Man—Extreme Firmware Update 3.0

 

- Rita J. King - Tomorrow Lab and the Beat of the Planets

 

- Melanie Tannenbaum - Why It Matters That Jolie Wrote About Her Medical Choice

 

- Hannah Waters - May We All Have The Option of Double Mastectomy

 

- Kyle Hill - The Triumph of Commander Hadfield Is A Triumph For Science CommunicationandWelcome to Overthinking It!

 

- Glendon Mellow - Commander Hadfield Shows Us What Science Communication Could Be. Visually.

 

- Darren Naish - Malawania from Iraq and the Cretaceous Ichthyosaur Revolution (part II)

 

- Ashutosh Jogalekar - The man without a center

 

- Judy Stone - How Not to Run an Op-Ed Page

 

- DNLee - #DispatchesDNLee: Finally Trapping

 

- Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik - The people have spoken! See the Best Illusions of the YearandFat Tuesday: Illusory Portion Control.

 

- Larry Greenemeier - Bell Labs Lead Researcher Discusses the Edge of the Internet [Video]

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Welcome Overthinking It – the newest blog at #SciAmBlogs

 

- The Editors - The Basics of Good Health Is the Subject of New eBook–Eat, Move, Think: Living Healthy

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Congratulations to the winners of the ScienceSeeker Awards!

 

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