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Observations blog replaces 60 Second Science news blogs

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American



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No, our past blog content does not stop here. You can page through more short items by going to our  60-Second Science blogs landing page. The 60-Second Science rubric now refers only to our minute-long podcasts.