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#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - golden beetle, environmental fireworks, toxoplasma and suicide, most abundant flowers, Higgs boson, and more.

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Wednesday! Time for the new Video of the Week - check it out!

- Becky Crew - Glad you ditched the anal fork, Golden Tortoise Beetle

 


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- Christie Wilcox - Toxoplasma’s Dark Side: The Link Between Parasite and Suicide

 

- Jennifer Frazer - Proteas: The Most Beautiful and Abundant Flowers You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

 

- R. Douglas Fields - Green Fireworks—Environmentally Safe, That is

 

- John Horgan - If You Want More Higgs Hype, Don’t Read This Column

 

- Kelly Oakes - Masterclass with Albert Fert: the future of electronics #lnlm12

 

- Alex Wild - How to Photograph the Higgs Boson

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing: Ashley Tucker

 

- Mariette DiChristina - What It Means to Find “a Higgs”: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Day 3

 

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