July 25, 2011

Quick update after the weekend

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Just to help you keep up with the network, a quick summary of the weekend (and Monday so far):

First, some network updates:

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Open Laboratory 2011 – submissions so far

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And from the bloggers:

- David Wogan - Buildings are sexy, too

- Darren Naish - In pursuit of Romanian frogs (part II: WESTERN PALAEARCTIC WATER FROGS!!)

- Glendon Mellow - Science-art Scumble

- Jennifer Jacquet - Is Shame Necessary? and 'Talk to Me' Exhibit Speaks, But Not the Whole Truth

- Scicurious - Book Review: Wicked Bugs: The louse that conquered Napoleon’s army and other diabolical insects

- Caleb A. Scharf - Bad Aliens, Meme Armor, and Intelligence in the Universe

- Michelle Clement - What can urine tell us?

- Lucas Brouwers - Breaking a protein in order to fix it

- Charles Q. Choi - A Modest Proposal: Game-Sourcing

- John Horgan - Musings Inspired by My Run-in with a Bear

- Jennifer Frazer- Lichens vs. the Almighty Prion

-Kalliopi Monoyios - The DNA Hall of Shame

- Sophie Bushwick - Feel the Burn: How Do Scientists Count Calories?

- S.E. Gould - Making bacteria visible

- David Manly - Guest Post! The Right Stuff: What It Takes To Be The Ocean’s Top Predator

- John Matson - Bullet Train Crash and Bus Fire in China Raise Questions about Transit Safety

- Melissa C. Lott - Molecular-Level Energy Storage

- William Gilly - Squid Studies: Dealing with Collapse--Lessons from a Squid?

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