July 3, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Monday - obesity drugs, stress and depression, Tunguska Event, health care reform, Prometheus, Wollemi pine, Higgs and more.

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- Scicurious - Stress and Depression and…Neuritin?

- David Bressan - June 30, 1908: The Tunguska Event

- Ilana Yurkiewicz - Thinking through health care reform: a compilation of diverse perspectives

- Scott Huler - Get Used to It

- Robynne Boyd - Heat Waves and Water Use Go Hand-in-Hand

- Ferris Jabr - A Contemplation of Chattering Minds

- Daniel Grushkin and Wythe Marschall - The Life Engineers: Prometheus asks, is a culture as stupid as ours ready to create new life?

- Jennifer Frazer - The Lost Valley of the Wollemi Pine

- Christie Wilcox - Social Media for Scientists Part 6: The Wiki

- Krystal D'Costa - Talking With Our Hands: The Significance of Gestures

- George Musser - What Is the Higgs Boson? [Video]

- Rose Eveleth - On the importance of names, part two. What’s the difference between a boat and a ship?andHow to stay sane on a ship in the middle of the ocean

- Kelly Oakes - Researcher profile: Heather Gray on life at Cern #lnlm12

- Mariette DiChristina - Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: From the Big Bang to the Big Controversy (a.k.a. Climate Change)

- Darren Naish - Coming next: ReptileEvolution.com and the Dave Peters thing

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing: Justine E. Hausheer

- Bora Zivkovic - New research center in Madagascar opens todayandScienceOnline2012 – interview with Trevor OwensandBest of June at A Blog Around The Clock

- Bora Zivkovic - Open Laboratory 2013 – submissions so far

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