October 5, 2011

#SciAmBlogs Tuesday - Physics Nobels, and pros and cons of scientists communicating online

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- Princess Ojiaku - The newest Nobel Laureate is also a musician!

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- Jennifer Ouellette - Nobel Dreams: 2011 Physics Prize Honors Accelerating Universe

- Kevin Zelnio - On Naïveté Among Scientists Who Wish to Communicate

- Christie Wilcox - Social Media for Scientists Part 2.5: Breaking Stereotypes

- Scicurious - IgNobel Prize WINNER: Dizziness from discus throwing is due to unDue spinningandDonor’s Choose is Here!

- Melissa C. Lott - Green Building Retrofits – Decreasing the demand from HVAC systems

- Krystal D'Costa - Structures in City Hall Park

- Kate Clancy - Vaginas should smell like vaginas, not flowers: my 24/7 Ig Nobel talk

- Caleb A. Scharf - Exomoons ever closer

- Maria Konnikova - Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Trust in The Facts, Not Your Version of Them

- Charles Q. Choi - A Modest Proposal: Rental Robots

- Janet D. Stemwedel - Drawing the line between science and pseudo-science.

- Hannah Waters - Inaccuracies in fiction: when is reshaping fact appropriate?

- Alex Wild - Nikon Announces Winners of 2011 Small World Competition

- Larry Greenemeier - iPhone 4S Unveiled with Fast iPad Chip, 8-Megapixel Camera, but No iPhone 5 Yet

- S.E. Gould - New MolBio carnival out at Disease Prone!

- Bora Zivkovic - Introducing #SciAmBlogs bloggers: Jason Goldman

- Jason G. Goldman - Editor’s Selections: Music at Work, Elevated Charity, and Spinning BrainsandWho Is This Guy? My Interview with Bora

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