October 15, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Monday - Felix Baumgartner, Charlotte s Web, Sesame Street, DonorsChoose, Panspermia Paradox, Skin-Shedding Mice, and more.

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- David Ropeik - Could you look down from 24 miles up and jump? Felix Baumgartner just did.

- Ivan Karabaliev - The $1000 Genome is almost here – are we ready?

- Bora Zivkovic - Charlotte’s Web: what was she smoking?

- Jason G. Goldman - Sesame Street and Child Development

- S.E. Gould - Fighting bacteria with copper

- Scicurious - The Skin-Shedding Spiny Mouse!

- Ashutosh Jogalekar - R. B. Woodward, general problems and the importance of timely birth

- Darren Naish - Great Asian cattle

- Caleb A. Scharf - The Panspermia Paradox

- George Musser - How to Build the World’s Simplest Particle Detector

- David Bressan - Early Paleoart: Of Prehistoric Monsters and Men

- John Horgan - No Nukes + No Fracking = More Coal? Indian Point Debate Highlights Green Quandary

- Joanne Manaster - The Believers: Cold Fusion at the Chicago International Film FestivalandMonday Music Video: Ph.Diddy Hits the Conference Circuit

- DNLee - Time for Science News in the Black Press: NABJ Call for ProposalsandIt’s on! Science Blogger Challenge 2012

- Janet D. Stemwedel - Kicking off DonorsChoose Science Bloggers for Students 2012.

- Christie Wilcox - Donors Choose 2012 – help support the nation’s future!

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