July 22, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Monday - tenure-track work-life balance, e-cigarettes, #GreatKateWait, Sailing Stones , sunbathing birds, and more.

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- Darren Naish - It’s hot and sunny, so birds lie down and sunbathe

- Jennifer Ouellette - Cosmic Rays Make Beautiful Music in Kirke’s “Cloud Chamber”andPhysics Week in Review: July 20, 2013

- John R. Platt - To Save the Sumatran Rhino, Zoo Will Attempt to Mate Brother and Sister

- Caleb A. Scharf - Summer Astrobiology Roundup #1: How Mars Lost Its Swagger

- Brian Malow - Cosmos: The Second Coming

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing: Caitlin Kirkwood

- Joanne Manaster - 8 Space Travel Books Worth Reading, A Video Primer

- Glendon Mellow - Talking Atheism, Science and Art at FtBCon

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