#SciAmBlogs Thursday - happy birthday to #SciAmBlogs, also: brain imaging, Higgs, hermit crabs, Finn McCool, and more.

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Yes, today is the first birthday of the #SciAmBlogs network! What a great year it was! Many bloggers have asked today who you, the readers, are. Please tell them a little bit about yourselves in the comments on their posts:

- Scicurious - Who are you? The Anniversary Edition.

 


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- Dana Hunter - SciAm Blogs Blows Out a Candle, Has Cake, and Invites You to the Party

 

- Krystal D'Costa - One Year on the Scientific American Blog Network

 

- Kate Clancy - Happy Blogiversary! Ladybusiness Anthropology Wears Many Hats

 

- Eric Michael Johnson - Reflections in the Monkey House

 

- Bonnie Swoger and Hadas Shema - Information exchange (tell us a little something about yourself)

 

- Christina Agapakis - Happy Anniversary

 

- Caleb A. Scharf - Calling All Sentient Lifeforms

 

- S.E. Gould - One Year Anniversary – Come and Join the Party!

 

- Christie Wilcox - A Birthday Wish

 

- Charles Q. Choi - The first anniversary of the Scientific American blog network!

 

- Ilana Yurkiewicz - Lurkers, de-lurk! Who is reading this blog?

 

- Jennifer Frazer - The Amoeba Collective

 

- John R. Platt - Extinction Countdown: Your Turn

 

- Judy Stone - You’ve met me…so come in, pull up a chair, and tell me a bit about yourself

 

- Maria Konnikova - Happy first birthday, SciAm blogs!

 

- Melissa Lott, Scott Huler, Robynne Boyd and David Wogan - Who Are You? Plugged In Turns 1

 

- Kelly Oakes - Who are you? Basic Space anniversary edition

 

- Princess Ojiaku - SciAM Blogs One Year Anniversary – Who are ya?

 

- Jennifer Ouellette - Happy Anniversary to Us!

 

- DNLee - Scientific American Blogs celebrates 1 year anniversary

 

- Glendon Mellow and Kalliopi Monoyios - Handprints on the Wall – 1st Blogiversary!

 

- Jason G. Goldman - One Thoughtful Solar Revolution

 

- Lucas Brouwers - The floor is yours!

 

- Cassie Rodenberg - Dear Readers, Who Are You? Why Do You Read about Addiction?

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Be our Guests! Please introduce yourselves!

 

- Bora Zivkovic - After a year of incubation, tell us more about yourself!

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Who is traveling with us? Let us know!

 

- Bora Zivkovic - Who is here around the clock?

 

- Bora Zivkovic - And now we’re One!

 

And yes, there were other, more "normal" posts on the network today as well:

- Mahir Ozdemir - Controversial science of brain imaging

 

- Lucas Brouwers - Terrestrial hermit crabs only smell their favourite snacks when water is around

 

- Jennifer Ouellette - Geologic Wonders and the Legend of Finn McCool

 

- Kelly Oakes - Tricking nature to give up its secrets #lnlm12

 

- Rose Eveleth - You wanted to know: who are these scientists? Introducing: Kay Bidle

 

- Alex Wild - Thrifty Thursday: The Best Camera Is The One You Have With You

 

- Bora Zivkovic - ScienceOnline2012 – interview with Emily Buehler

 

- Mariette DiChristina - How to Succeed in Science: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Day 4andHow Physics Can Help Patients with Macular Degeneration

 

- Larry Greenemeier - Leggy Robot (Almost) Moves Like Jagger

 

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