September 15, 2011

Rhinos, Robots, Twin Stars and more at #SciAmBlogs Thursday

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Still suffering from jet-lag, but other bloggers do not - lots of fresh posts today:

- Kalliopi Monoyios - Will the real Sam Illustrator please stand up?

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- Bora Zivkovic - ScienceOnline2011 – interview with Michael Barton

- Krystal D'Costa - Editor’s Selections: The Elusivity of the Female Orgasm, Anti-aging, and Meaning

- John R. Platt - Return of the Toxic Avenger: Rhino Advocate Proposes Poisoning Horns to Protect Them from Poachers

- John Matson - NASA’s New Rocket: Will Congress’s Pet Project Fly?

- Danica Radovanovic - Robots and new technologies: Programmed to understand and interact – Keep it future friendly!

- Robynne Boyd - The South’s Nuclear Revival?

- Jennifer Frazer - The Fungal Apocalypse, Permo-Triassic Edition

- Joanne Manaster - Pariscience: The International Science Film Festival

- Philip Yam - Colorado Cat Missing for 5 Years Found in Manhattan

- Jennifer Ouellette - Twin Suns: Better Than One?

- John Matson - Photographer Vincent Fournier Opens Eerie Window on the World’s Space Programs

- Alex Wild - Thrifty Thursday: Catching a Sunbeam

- George Musser - Time on the Brain: How You Are Always Living In the Past, and Other Quirks of Perception

- Bora Zivkovic - Bang Science Magazine

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