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The Fat-fueled Brain (Shelly Fan): https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/10/01/the-fat-fueled-brain-unnatural-or-advantageous/?WT.mc_id=SA_sciamerican_meta
TV So Good it Hurts (Elizabeth Cohen): https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/09/29/tv-so-good-it-hurts-the-psychology-of-watching-breaking-bad/?WT.mc_id=SA_sciamerican_meta
Colder than Ice (Paige Brown): https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/10/10/colder-than-ice-researchers-discover-how-microbes-survive-in-sub-freezing-conditions/?WT.mc_id=SA_sciamerican_meta