April 30, 2013

#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - cockroaches, #scicomm, #TEDMED, #spaceape, petroleum replica, WWW anniversary, and more.

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- Craig McClain - Where There’s Heat, There Are Cockroaches

- Donald Boesch - Science communication both an opportunity and an obligation.

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- Judy Stone - From Tel Aviv to Boston Bombings: Connections at TEDMED

- Darren Naish - The confusing diplospondylous tupilakosaurids

- Christina Agapakis - Petroleum Replicas

- Kelly Oakes - Happy 20th Birthday to the free, open web!

- Khalil A. Cassimally - For Up-And-Coming Science Journalists, Understanding Statistics Has Never Been More Important

- David Wogan - Extending current energy policies would reduce U.S. energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions

- Janet D. Stemwedel - Leave the full-sized conditioner, take the ski poles: whose assessment of risks did the TSA consider in new rules for carry-ons?

- Psi Wavefunction - Some protist-y art

- Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik - The Evolution of Scientific Dissemination: PeerJ Rises and A new molecular brain pathway may cause obesity

- Cassie Rodenberg - The No-Help Cycle: Jail Fails Addicts

- Glendon Mellow - Hazy Day in the Cretaceous

- Scicurious - Neurodome!

- Kate Wong - Space Ape Parody Shows Why Aquatic Ape Theory Is All Wet

- Mark Fischetti - The World Wide Web Became Free 20 Years Ago Today

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