May 14, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - Angelina Jolie, Commander Hadfield, Robert Oppenheimer, Iron Man, ScienceSeeker Winners, and other superheros.

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Lots of news on the Network today!

First - we have launched a new blog - check it out!

Second - several of our bloggers were winners or finalists of the ScienceSeeker Awards. Who? See here.

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Third - we have the new Image of the Week for you to see.

- Hilda Bastian - Courage versus fear: Keeping health risks in perspective when the dramatic and rare goes culturally viral

- E. Paul Zehr - Iron Man—Extreme Firmware Update 3.0

- Rita J. King - Tomorrow Lab and the Beat of the Planets

- Melanie Tannenbaum - Why It Matters That Jolie Wrote About Her Medical Choice

- Hannah Waters - May We All Have The Option of Double Mastectomy

- Kyle Hill - The Triumph of Commander Hadfield Is A Triumph For Science CommunicationandWelcome to Overthinking It!

- Glendon Mellow - Commander Hadfield Shows Us What Science Communication Could Be. Visually.

- Darren Naish - Malawania from Iraq and the Cretaceous Ichthyosaur Revolution (part II)

- Ashutosh Jogalekar - The man without a center

- Judy Stone - How Not to Run an Op-Ed Page

- DNLee - #DispatchesDNLee: Finally Trapping

- Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik - The people have spoken! See the Best Illusions of the YearandFat Tuesday: Illusory Portion Control.

- Larry Greenemeier - Bell Labs Lead Researcher Discusses the Edge of the Internet [Video]

- Bora Zivkovic - Welcome Overthinking It – the newest blog at #SciAmBlogs

- The Editors - The Basics of Good Health Is the Subject of New eBook–Eat, Move, Think: Living Healthy

- Bora Zivkovic - Congratulations to the winners of the ScienceSeeker Awards!

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