October 28, 2011

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- Joseph Milton - Painting plasma

- Bora Zivkovic - #scio11 – Web 2.0, Public and Private Spaces in the Scientific Community, and Generational Divides in the Practice of Science

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- Scicurious - Friday Weird Science: Piercing the Paleolithic Penis

- Kelly Oakes - Blue stragglers formed by engulfing red giants

- Bora Zivkovic - Weekly Highlights #11 – Rachel Nuwer

- Larry Greenemeier - Can Collective Intelligence Provide Answers to Climate Change Questions?

- Glendon Mellow - Tree of Life by Michele Banks

- Matthew Garcia - Books: Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis

- Charles Q. Choi - A Modest Proposal: Virtual Keyboards via Kinect Eyeglasses

- Christine Ottery - 'God species' review

- Danielle Perszyk - Are birds' tweets grammatical?

- Jennifer Ouellette - Open Lab 2011: Blogging Comes of Age

- Christina Agapakis - Diversity by Design

- Mary Karmelek - A Very Happy Birthday to a Very Special Lady

- Carin Bondar - Dance your PhD is as much about VIDEO PRODUCTION as it is about DANCE

- Princess Ojiaku - Beatboxing on the brain

- Katrina Edwards - North Pond: Coring the C Hole

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