August 2, 2011

Blog Network Monday Marathon

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I hope you had a great time over the weekend and are ready for the work week. Bloggers sure are!

First, a bunch of updates on this blog and the network as a whole:

- What is: #NYCSciTweetUp

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- Open Laboratory 2011 – submissions so far

- Introducing #SciAmBlogs bloggers: Charles Q. Choi

- Image of the Week #2, August 1, 2011

And, now, from the bloggers:

- Davide Castelvecchi - Strings, Geometry, and the Ultimate Reality: The DebateandWhat Do You Mean, the Universe Is Flat? Part II: In Which We Actually Answer the Question

- Christie Wilcox - This Week's Scishimi: Lions and dolphins and semen, oh my!

- Psi Wavefunction - A quick dive into the protist world (Part I)

- Glendon Mellow - Science-art Scumble #20

- Jason G. Goldman - Sunday Photoblogging: Barcelona

- Kevin Zelnio - Louis CK: Let Loose the Lions!

- Jennifer Frazer - White Worms and Pixie Cups in Colorado

- Darren Naish - Sunbathing birds

- Hannah Waters - Collapsed cod fishery shows signs of life

- Lucas Brouwers - Coconuts: not indigenous, but quite at home nevertheless

- Charles Q. Choi - A Modest Proposal: A Pocket 3-D PrinterandFrom The Writer's Desk: Interviewing the stars of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

- Jesse Bering - The End of Gays: Gay Marriage and the Decline of the Homosexual Population

- Jordan Calmes - Teaching Scientific Thinking and Encouraging Creativity with Astrobiology

- Bora Zivkovic - Identity - what is it really?andBest of July 2011 at A Blog Around The Clock

- George Musser - 20 Solar Apps for Your iPhone

- Alex Wild - How much should blog images be compressed?

- Larry Greenemeier - Data Gluttony Scuttles Unlimited Mobile Download Plans

And come back tomorrow for a treasure trove of awesome posts that are coming up...

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