September 10, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Monday - creativity, competition, chimps in Uganda, Romney on climate, Russian ice-breakers, anti-obesity, iGnobels and more.

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- Eve Conant - Breaking the Ice: Russian nuclear-powered ice-breakers

- Amr Abouelleil - Anti-Obesity is not the New Homophobia

- Russ Campbell - Science Communications as Knowledge Marketing and Killing the News Release

- Scicurious - When it comes to competition, the anterior cingulate does it best.

- David Wogan - Mitt Romney gets climate change – wait, just kidding!

- Joris van Alphen - Mystery of the Mountain

- Maureen McCarthy - Chimps in Uganda: Two weeks and counting….

- Katherine Harmon - How Do You Count Giant Octopuses? Color-Code Them with Silicone [Video]

- Ferris Jabr - The Science of Pomato Plants and Fruit Salad Trees

- Jennifer Ouellette - Up Close and Personal with Marie Curie

- Caleb A. Scharf - A Martian Stares Back

- S.E. Gould - iGEM Buenos Aires: Synthetic bacterial communities

- John Horgan - Did the U.S. Overreact to the 9/11 Attacks?

- Jesse Bering - Hey Andrew Sullivan, Stop Calling My Penis “Mutilated”

- DNLee - #DispatchesDNLee: Tanzania from A to Z – Botanyand#DispatchesDNLee: Non-target Capture – Genet

- Joanne Manaster - Quand la Science Fait Rire: IgNobels have their own TV show!

- Glendon Mellow - SciArt of the Day: Frog MechandSciArt of the Day: The Seizure

- Kalliopi Monoyios - SciArt of the Day: Feeling Small?

- Alex Wild - Primates of Kibale ForestandInternational Rock-Flipping Day

- Dana Hunter - Accretionary Wedge #49 Now Available!

- Bora Zivkovic - Open Laboratory 2013 – submissions so far

- Janet D. Stemwedel - Technical note about comments.

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