July 17, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Monday - fast running brains, atomic dinosaurs, barley defenses, black holes, circumcision ban, space worms, and more.

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- Scicurious - When you run fast, your brain runs faster

- DNLee - #DispatchesDNLee: Safe and sound in Tanzaniaand#Dispatches DNLee: Preparing for Tanzania – Vaccinations

- David Bressan - Travels & Troubles in Geology: AfricaandDinosaurs of the Atomic Age!

- S.E. Gould - How Barley Protects Against Invasion

- Jennifer Frazer - A Final Fern Tribute, the Witch’s Hat Lichen, and an Unidentified Gelatinous Blob

- Caleb A. Scharf - Black Holes: Incredibly Loud and Extremely Distant

- Gary Stix - German Court: Circumcision Is Cruel and Usual Punishment

- George Musser - Does It Matter If Black Holes Are Popping Into Existence Around Us All the Time?

- Rose Eveleth - We’re in Iceland – thanks for traveling with us!

- Melissa C. Lott - Fossil Fuels Compete for Generation

- Bora Zivkovic - Welcome The Curious Wavefunction – the newest blog at #SciAmBlogsandOpen Laboratory 2013 – submissions so far

- John Matson - Forget Human Spaceflight: Send Worms Instead!

- Mark Fischetti - Science at the Olympics? Our First eBook Can Explain

- Carin Bondar - The Beneath the Waves Film Festival – Bringing the Ocean to your City this Summer!

- Joanne Manaster - Freaks and Creeps-A TV Producer’s Love of Evolution Inspires Search for “Ugly” Animals

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