June 14, 2012

#SciAmBlogs Thursday - Roman crabs, bonobos, Mount Saint Helens, peer review, sleep violence, Neandertal painting, cougars, and more

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- Ricki Lewis - The Bonobo Genome and Rewinding the Tape of Life

- Dana Hunter - Prelude to a Catastrophe: “The Unusual Character of the Seismic Activity Became Clear”

- Bonnie Swoger - Peer review makes science better

- John R. Platt - Cougars Are Returning to the U.S. Midwest after More Than 100 Years

- Abigail Joyce and Mallory Pirogovsky - Scientific Diving at USC Dornsife: Monitoring Contaminants of Emerging Concern using new passive sampling techniques

- Rose Eveleth - Greetings from Ponta Delgada! We set sail tomorrow.

- Khalil A. Cassimally - The Open Notebook: A Look Into How Science Writers Work

- Daisy Yuhas - Sleep Violence: A Real Danger, Little Understood

- Kate Wong - Oldest Cave Paintings May Be Creations of Neandertals, Not Modern Humans

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