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#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - big brains, caveman's yeast, social drinking, oil subsidies, and more.

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- Robin Anne Smith - How Did Human Brains Get to Be so Big?

 

- Rob Dunn - Exhausted Writer Discovers First Cave Painting of Yeast


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- Cassie Rodenberg - The science of relapse (and when did drinking become a hobby?)

 

- Scott McNally - Guest Post: End Oil Subsidies? The $4 Billion Question

 

- Jen Christiansen - The Evolution of a Scientific American Information Graphic: Stellar Life Cycle

 

- John Matson - Transistor Shrunk Down to Scale of Single Phosphorus Atom

 

- Katherine Harmon - Staph Turns into Drug-Resistant Superbug on Farms

 

- John R. Platt - Extinction Looms for Rare Frog Species, Now Down to One Individual

 

- Darren Naish - Greg Paul’s Dinosaurs: A Field Guide

 

- Ingrid Wickelgren - Surprising Truths About How We Think and Act

 

- Jason G. Goldman - Editor’s Selections: Casinos, Hazing, and Psychosis in the City

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Berry Go Round – send in your posts for the next botanical blog carnival

 

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