December 20, 2011

#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - Kim Jong-Il, Mountains of Madness, lost marbles and the end of physics.

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Hello and welcome back from the weekend. Check out the new Image of the Week and some great posts you may have missed earlier:

- David Bressan - Geology of the Mountains of Madness

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- John Horgan - Does the “Goddamn” Higgs Particle Portend the End of Physics?

- Christie Wilcox - Evolution: Watching Speciation Occur

- Bora Zivkovic - Science Books from my Childhood

- Jason G. Goldman - The Psychology of Dictatorship: Kim Jong-IlandSunday Photoblogging: Neon LA

- Scicurious - When is comfort most comforting? When you’ve got a specific Oxytocin gene!

- Kalliopi Monoyios - The SciArt Buzz and Last Minute Gift Guide

- Darren Naish - The Second International Workshop on the Biology of Sauropod Dinosaurs (part I)

- Gary Stix - Anatomy of a Megalomaniac: Psychological Analysis of Kim Jong-il from Afar

- Carin Bondar - The Best Christmas Gift Ever: Saving Santa from the Watery North Pole

- Krystal D'Costa - Marbles Lost, Marbles Found: Children’s Games and Consequences

- Steven Hamblin - What can the animal kingdom tell us about North Korea?

- DNLee - I’m Oklahoma bound!

- David Wogan - Congress strips funding for efficient lighting standardsandNorth Korea by night [photograph]

- Jennifer Rohn - Death in the lab

- Kevin Zelnio - The Message Reigns Over the Medium

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