December 30, 2011

#SciAmBlogs Friday - Protists, stars, otherworldly beauty, Times Square Ball and many Year-End lists.

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- Psi Wavefunction - A quick dive into the protist world (Part II): Plastids

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- Kelly Oakes - Stars That Go Out With a Bang

- Caleb A. Scharf - The Austere Beauty of Other Worlds

- Cheryl Murphy - Speaking of Crystals, check out the Specs on Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Ball

- Katherine Harmon - What Really Happened in Malta This September When Contagious Bird Flu Was First Announced?

- Jennifer Ouellette - The Year of Blogging Shamelessly

- Rob Dunn - A Year in the Woods of Our Bodies, Bedrooms and Bathrooms

- Kate Clancy - Best of 2011: Ladybusiness Anthropology Edition

- Carin Bondar - The Top 5 Astounding Animal Videos of 2011

- Christie Wilcox - Science Sushi – A Year In Review

- Michelle Clement - Memorable links from the first half of 2011

- Bora Zivkovic - Some quick ScienceOnline2012 updatesandBest of December at A Blog Around The ClockandABATC Year in Review – 2011

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