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- Claire O’Connell - Getting a Grip on the Goose Barnacle

 


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- Kate Clancy - SciAm Beginnings: When a Beginning is Not a Beginning

 

- Ilana Yurkiewicz - From live animals to mannequins to human beings: can there ever be an ethical way to practice medical procedures?

 

- Maria Konnikova - The birth of experimental psychology: How do we measure beginnings?

 

- Janet D. Stemwedel - How we decide (to falsify).andBook review: The Radioactive Boy Scout.andMovie review: Strange Culture.andFacing felony charges in lab death of Sheri Sangji, UCLA settles, Harran stretches credulity.

 

- Cassie Rodenberg - Colorado Shooting and 'Bath Salts Zombie': Troubles of Public Health Reporting

 

- Melissa C. Lott - New Beginning for the Climate Change Discussion

 

- Darren Naish - The Freshie: Australian crocodile, seemingly from the north (crocodiles part V)

 

- Michael Moyer - Metrocard Mathematics: Are Unlimited Subway Passes a Good Deal?

 

- Katherine Harmon - Free Birth Control, Reproductive Services for Women Starting August 1

 

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