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#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - science of childrens' books, mysteries and Winnie-the-Pooh, and more....

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As is usually the case on Wednesdays, we have a new Video of the Week. And as is usually the case every day, the bloggers have written some amazing stuff:

- Jennifer Ouellette - The Science of Mysteries: For Whom the Bells Toll

 


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- Krystal D'Costa - Why Do We Say “I’m Not Sick” When We’re Really Sick?

 

- Ricki Rusting - What Unusually Long-Lived Animals Tell Us about Human Aging

 

- Caleb A. Scharf - Solstice, Periapsis, and the Hades Orbit

 

- Casey Rentz - Big Bang X-Mas Tree

 

- John R. Platt - Bad News for Christmas: Frankincense Faces Uncertain Future

 

- Maria Konnikova - What Can Winnie-the-Pooh Teach Us About Media Multitasking?

 

- Scicurious - The only thing we have to fear…

 

- Jennifer Frazer - The Brain-Eating “Amoeba” Strikes Again

 

- Janet D. Stemwedel - Science-y books for kids.

 

- Melissa C. Lott - 20 Years in the Making – National Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants

 

- David Wogan - 300 years of fossil fuels history – in 5 minutes

 

- Lucas Brouwers - Heads before Tails: Ancient Fish Evolved Head-First

 

- Rachel Scheer - Beyond the Light Switch Wins 2012 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award

 

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