March 30, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Friday - Van Gogh s sunflowers, billion stars, bioluminescence, mitochondrial networks, and more.

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- Fred Guterl - Food, not war, is the biggest threat to world security, argues Lester Brown

- Ferris Jabr - Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Were Genetic Mutants

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- George Musser - The Emperor, Darth Vader, and the Ultimate Ultimate Theory of Physics

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