October 21, 2011

#SciAmBlogs Thursday - Ohio wildlife, science on trial, Bjork, fossil tracks and more...

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- John R. Platt - Ohio Animals Tragedy Calls Attention to Loopholes in Captive Wildlife Laws

- Caleb A. Scharf - Tick Tock: the connection between celestial mechanics and genetics

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- Bora Zivkovic - #scio11 – Data Discoverability: Institutional Support Strategies

- David Ropeik - Italian seismologists on trial … for failing to communicate well?

- Glendon Mellow - Unchanging Art Supplies

- David Bressan - On the Track of Ichnology

- Alex Wild - Thrifty Thursday: Army Ants Filmed on a Budget

- Katrina Edwards - North Pond: Picture Day

- Krystal D'Costa - Editor’s Selections: Venereal Diseases Galore, Facebook Brains, and Subtitlesand #NYCSciTweetUp Next Thursday, 10/27andAiP’s DonorsChoose Picks: George Orwell, Frederick Douglass, Jared Diamond, & Digital Recorders Needed

- Janet D. Stemwedel - #scibloggers4students: DonorsChoose Board of Directors rewards your procrastination

- DNLee - Urban Science Adventure: Make a model landfill (and support science classrooms, too)

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing #SciAmBlogs bloggers: Gozde Zorlu

- Kate Clancy - Mate magnet madness: when the range of possible explanations exceeds your own hypothesis

- John Matson - Infrared Cameras Debut in Baseball Telecast for World Series

- Princess Ojiaku - In Biophilia, Bjork realizes a synesthete’s dream

- Gozde Zorlu - Global health round up: 1 – 15 October

- Darren Naish - In support of Scientific Triassicism: Sues and Fraser’s Triassic Life on Land: the Great Transition

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