November 8, 2011

#SciAmBlogs Monday - hobbits, baby mammoths, chimps, laughter and more...

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Welcome back! I hope you had a good weekend (yes, I had great fun in Philly, thank you).

Monday - time for the new Image of the Week - check it out.

- Bora Zivkovic - Some updates on #scio12, #NYCscitweetup, Story Collider and more.and#scio11 - It's All Geek to MeandBIO101 - Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

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- Kate Wong - CT Scans of Baby Mammoths Reveal Ice Age MysteryandAncient Bird Remains Illuminate Lost World of Indonesia's "Hobbits"

- Alex Wild - Fill Flash Balances Foreground with BackdropandWhat Good Is The Lytro Light-Field Camera?andNaskrecki’s “Relics” argues for a conservation ethic rooted in evolutionary history

- Krystal D'Costa - Can Smart Phones Help Create Smarter Science?andHow Do We Wait?

- S.E. Gould - A farewell to Labwork …

- Davide Castelvecchi - The Cosmic Magnifying Lens

- Jennifer Jacquet - Oil Pipeline Protesters Surround the White House Today

- Joanne Manaster - Monday Music Video: An Epic Battle between Einstein and Hawking

- John Horgan - How Can We Curb the Medical-Testing Epidemic?

- Lucas Brouwers - MolBio Carnival #16!

- Anna Kuchment - Where rotting pumpkins and engineering converge

- David Wogan - Dam breached, reservoir drained - restoring the White Salmon River

- Bora Zivkovic - ScienceOnline2012 - we have the Keynote Speaker!

- Christie Wilcox - October’s Scishimi: Slaying Krakens and taking names.

- Jennifer Ouellette - Your Birdsong Stays on My Mind

- John R. Platt - “Save the Chimps” Sanctuary Builds a Home for Traumatized Apes

- Katrina Edwards - North Pond: We CORKed it!

- Scicurious - Laugh so you don’t cry: how laughing kills the pain

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