July 22, 2011

Friday Network Highlights #3

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It is Friday, when some bloggers go for lighter fare - like LOLcats! - but others ignore this old blogospheric tradition and post serious stuff instead. See who did what today:

Eric Michael Johnson - Stressing Motherhood: How Biology and Social Inequality Foster Maternal Infanticide.

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Krystal D'Costa - The Original Angry Birds?.

Christie Wilcox - This Week’s Scishimi: Rock, Paper, Sexism and More.

Joanne Manaster - Reminiscing about the Space Shuttle Program through Video.

Serious Monkey Business - Guest Post! Seeing the Monkey in the Mirror.

Charles Q. Choi - From The Writer’s Desk: New Questions, New Frontiers.

Bora Zivkovic - ScienceOnline2011 – interview with Kari Wouk.

Glendon Mellow - Magic Beans.

Alex Wild - Two bloggy things.

Katherine Harmon - FDA Starts to Tackle Regulation of Health and Medical Apps.

Josette WoodenLegs and Tyler Bridges - How does one measure eggshell thickness in dinosaurs?

Jennifer Ouellette - Flushed With Pride.

David Bressan - Time for a new epoch? – the Anthropocene

Bora Zivkovic - Some weekend reading for you

Princess Ojiaku - Highlights of Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus

And if you missed some of the other recent posts - I have collected them here:

Wow! What a week!

Friday Network Highlights #2

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