November 3, 2011

#SciAmBlogs Wednesday - peer-review, Xigris, energy economics and more...

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Now, to the bloggers and their amazing daily output:

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- Bradley Voytek - What is peer-review for?

- Judy Stone - Lilly’s Shocker, or the Post-Marketing Blues

- Bora Zivkovic - Sun Time is the Real Time

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The Scientific Paper: past, present and probable future

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#scio11 – Perils of Blogging as a Woman under a Real Name

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Best of October at A Blog Around The Clock

- DNLee - Wordless Wednesday: You’re a star

- Melissa C. Lott - Negawatts and Megawatts – When Less Makes Money

- Carin Bondar - Fabric of the Cosmos – Some Seriously Mind-Bending Physics

- Krystal D'Costa - AMNH Takes Visitors Beyond Planet Earth

- James Byrne - Could you go vegan for a month?

- Scicurious - Society For Neuroscience: THE NEUROBLOGGING IS HERE!

- S.E. Gould - How to explore a protein

- David Biello - Energy Economics: What Will Turn Us On in 2030?

- Katherine Harmon - Income and Health Inequalities Cut U.S.’s High Marks for Development

- Gary Stix - Slum-Dog Marketing Introduces the Janitor as Consumer Role Model

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