July 19, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Friday - Cassini, baobab, history of the atom, loved librarians, summer romance, science metaphors, and more.

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- Clarissa Ai Ling Lee - The Story of Energy: The Physics of an Atom – Part 1

- Jag Bhalla - Science’s Mobile Army of Metaphors

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- Eric Michael Johnson - We Contain Multitudes: Walt Whitman, Charles Darwin, and the Song of Empathy

- John R. Platt - Climate Change Could Wipe Out Amazing Baobab Trees in Madagascar

- Cassie Rodenberg - Help or Hurt? Outpatient Drug Treatment for the Homeless

- Ashutosh Jogalekar - Creationists are wrong. Science is actually concerned with the truth.

- Bonnie Swoger - Famous people like libraries and librarians!

- Alex Wild - An interview with Bug Dreams’ Rick Lieder

- David Wogan - Don’t Understand Climate Change? Bill Nye Can Help.

- Julie Hecht - Anthrozoology: Not a Study of Ants

- Kalliopi Monoyios - What’s Worse Than Fecal Transplants? This Gal.

- Khalil A. Cassimally - Khalil’s Picks (19 July 2013)

- Scicurious - Friday Weird Science: Mopey mice pee their feelings.

- Kelly Oakes - Today’s the day! A new pale blue dot

- Lee Billings - Cassini Spacecraft Takes One Last Look at Home Today

- Caitlin Shure - 5 (Scientific) Reasons to Stay Single This Summer

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