August 9, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Friday – reality TV megalodon, portable peer-review, Tusken Raiders, self-esteem trap, Souvenir Seafood Menus, and more.

- Jag Bhalla – Economics vs Fiction on Human Nature - Krystal D’Costa – How Our Love Affair With Reality Television Created Megalodon - Bonnie Swoger – Can you take it with you when you go?

By Bora Zivkovic

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- Jag Bhalla - Economics vs Fiction on Human Nature

- Krystal D'Costa - How Our Love Affair With Reality Television Created Megalodon

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- Bonnie Swoger - Can you take it with you when you go? Portable peer review

- Kyle Hill - Tusken Raiders Ride Single File as a Valid Military Tactic

- Felicity Muth - A trip to the Animal Behaviour Society conference in ColoradoandMeeting the locals: science outreach at the Animal Behavior Society conference

- Ingrid Wickelgren - How to Avoid the Self-Esteem Trap

- Bora Zivkovic - Bora’s Picks (August 9th, 2013)

- Jamil Zaki - Empathy as a choice part 2: Autism and psychopathy

- Kalliopi Monoyios - Iran’s Position on Evolution? Not What You Might Expect.

- Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik - Neuroscience in Fiction: Crux, by Ramez Naam

- DNLee - #FieldworkFriday: Putting my foot down

- Melissa C. Lott - Photo Friday: Efficiency saves big $$ in Walmart Distribution Center

- Scicurious - Friday Weird Science: Stay away from my beach blanket

- Alex Jackson - Young Science Journalists Take to the Zoo

- Christopher Crockett - Not Just Pretty, Perseid Meteors Hold Key to Clear View of the Heavens

- Larry Greenemeier - Secure E-mail Services Shuttered over Fears of Government PRISM Reprisals

- Sandra Upson - Accurate Self-Beliefs Strengthen Relationships

- Arielle Duhaime-Ross - Souvenir Seafood Menus Offer Glimpse into Hawaii’s Oceans of Old

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