November 19, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Monday - World Toilet Day, Zaltrap Deal, Presidential Pythagorean Proof, Tycho Brahe Poison, Nematocin, and more.

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- Laura Newman - Why Sanofi’s Zaltrap Deal Won’t Help Patients

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- Bob Grumman - M@h*(pOet)?ica—of Pi and the Circle, Part 1

- Jennifer Ouellette - Cold Case Files: Tycho Brahe Not Poisoned After All

- Scicurious - Nematode Lovin’: Nematocin

- Scott Huler - Inspiration on World Toilet Day

- Caleb A. Scharf - The Stars Are Beginning To Go Out…

- Charles Q. Choi - A Modest Proposal: Star-Trek-like Comm Badges for Siri, redux

- Carin Bondar - The Master of Evolution Animation Returns

- Darren Naish - A very quick history of turtles

- DNLee - Science Bloggers for Students 2012 raises over $25K

- Daisy Yuhas - Strange Signal at Galactic Center–Is It Dark Matter?

- Evelyn Lamb - A Presidential Pythagorean Proof

- Mark Fischetti - Come Hang Out with Some World Changing Ideas

- Katherine Harmon - Pharmacies Dispense Meds Even After Docs Stop Prescription

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